Andacht

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German andāht, Old High German ánadāht (“attention, devotion”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Andacht f (genitive Andacht, plural Andachten)

  1. (singular only, state of devoted attention) devotion
  2. (religion) devotion, devotions, devotional prayer

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Andacht”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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