heidnisch

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯d.nɪʃ/,
  • Hyphenation: heid‧nisch
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Adjective

heidnisch (strong nominative masculine singular heidnischer, not comparable)

  1. heathen, pagan
    • 1836, Heinrich Heine, “Die romantische Schule”, in Heinrich Heine: Werke und Briefe in zehn Bänden, volume 5, Aufbau-Verlag, published 1972, page 38:
      [...] jetzt übersetzte er, mit unerhörtem Fleiß, auch die übrigen heidnischen Dichter des Altertums, [...]
      now he translated, with unheard-of effort, also the remaining pagan poets of the antiquity,

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Further reading

  • heidnisch” in Duden online
  • heidnisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache