Wolkenkuckucksheim
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German
Etymology
From Wolke (“cloud”) + Kuckuck (“cuckoo”) + Heim (“home, dwelling, village”). Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), in Aristophanes.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wolkenkuckucksheim n (strong, genitive Wolkenkuckucksheimes or Wolkenkuckucksheims, plural Wolkenkuckucksheime)
- cloud-cuckoo-land
- 1909, Lily Braun, chapter 6, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist], Lehrjahre, München: Albert Langen:
- Und wenn ich versucht habe, dich aus deinem Wolkenkuckucksheim in die nüchterne Alltäglichkeit zurückzuführen, so doch nur, damit du dich nicht mit irgend einer konfusen Leidenschaft verplemperst.
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See also
Further reading
- “Wolkenkuckucksheim” in Duden online
Wolkenkuckucksheim on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
