Abgesang

English

Etymology

Borrowing from German abgesang ("down song"); ab- (“down, from”) + gesang (“song”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɑp.ɡəˌzɑŋ/

Noun

Abgesang (plural Abgesangs)

1. (prosody, poetry, usually capitalized) Repetition of the same word or phrases for emphasis; epistrophe, especially the concluding section.^[1]

References

1. ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 3: