biedermeier

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Finnish

Etymology

From German Biedermeier.

Pronunciation

Noun

biedermeier

  1. Biedermeier (artistic styles that flourished in Europe during the first half of 19th century in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design)

Declension

Possessive forms of biedermeier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Hypernyms

Derived terms

compounds

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Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Biedermeier. First attested in 1900.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.dɛr.ma.jɛr/, /bi.dɛrˈma.jɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -idɛrmajɛr, -ajɛr
  • Syllabification: bie‧der‧me‧ier

Noun

biedermeier m inan

  1. (historical, uncountable) Biedermeier (period in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew in number and the arts appealed to common sensibilities, starting with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and ending with the onset of the Revolutions of 1848)
  2. (architecture, art, literature, music, colloquial, countable) Biedermeier piece (item, e.g. piece of artwork or furniture, in the Biedermeier style)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ Czesław Domaniewski (1900) Rozróżnianie stylów w architekturze: dla poświęcających się sztuce stosowanej oraz do użytku ogółu, page 46
  2. ^ biedermeier in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

  • biedermeier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • biedermeier in Polish dictionaries at PWN