Allerheiligen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of aller heiligen (“All Saints', of all saints”), calque of Latin omnium sanctorum, in festum omnium sanctorum (“feast of all saints”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌɑ.lərˈɦɛi̯.lə.ɣə(n)/
- (Netherlands)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Al‧ler‧hei‧li‧gen
Proper noun edit
Allerheiligen n
- All Saints Day, All Hallows, Hallowmas (November, 1st)
Derived terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of aller Heiligen (“All Saints', of all saints”), loan translation of Latin omnium sānctōrum, in festum omnium sānctōrum (“feast of all saints”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Allerheiligen n (strong, genitive Allerheiligen, plural Allerheiligen)
- (especially Roman Catholicism) All Saints' Day; Hallowmas (1 November; generally a public holiday in Catholic parts of German-speaking Europe)
Usage notes edit
- The genitive and plural are widely avoided, usually replaced with forms of Allerheiligentag. The genitive could only be used at all with an adjective: des letzten Allerheiligen (“of the last All Saints' Day”).
Declension edit
Declension of Allerheiligen [neuter, strong]
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Allerheiligen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Allerheiligen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon