Totensonntag

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 08:50, 18 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

German

Etymology

Tote (“the dead”) +‎ Sonntag (“Sunday”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtoːtənˈzɔnˌtaːk/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

Totensonntag m (genitive Totensonntages or Totensonntag, plural Totensonntage)

  1. (Protestantism) A holiday of remembering the dead, equivalent to the Catholic (and Anglican) All Souls' Day, kept by German Lutherans and Calvinists on the Sunday before the first Sunday of Advent (thus in late November).

See also

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Totensonntag&oldid=56601360"