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German
Etymology
wider- + Schein
Pronunciation
Noun
Widerschein m (strong, genitive Widerscheines or Widerscheins, plural Widerscheine)
- reflection
- Synonyms: Abglanz, Reflexion
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:Es war ein kleiner viereckiger Hof, in den er hinuntersah, ringsherum waren Bureauräume untergebracht, alle Fenster waren jetzt schon dunkel, nur die obersten fingen einen Widerschein des Mondes auf.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1997, “Widerschein”, in Von Allen Gedanken Schätze Ich Doch Am Meisten Die Interessanten, performed by Die Sterne:Das ist Unsinn, lass es sein, lass doch mal die Sonne rein / und genieße ihren Widerschein- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Widerschein
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