Almanach

See also: almanach

German edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the 16th century. Borrowed from Middle Dutch almanag (Flanders 1426), from Medieval Latin almanach (1267), from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “calendar”).^[1]^[2]

The Ibero-Arabic term is of uncertain origin. See also almanaque. Perhaps originally derived from Late Ancient Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”). The term is used by Eusebius while quoting from Porphyry's Epistle to Anebo the Egyptian (Epistula ad Anebonem) in Book III, Chapter IV of his work Preparation for the Gospel (Εὐαγγελικὴ προπαρασκευή), written in the early 4th century.^[3] Probably, the word is ultimately of Egyptian origin.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈalmaˌnax/, [ˈalmaˌnaχ] (standard)
IPA^(key): /ˈalmaˌnaːx/ (also heard)
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Noun edit

Almanach m (strong, genitive Almanachs, plural Almanache)

almanac, yearbook
Synonym: Jahrbuch

Declension edit

Declension of Almanach [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Almanach	die	Almanache
genitive	eines	des	Almanachs	der	Almanache
dative	einem	dem	Almanach	den	Almanachen
accusative	einen	den	Almanach	die	Almanache

References edit

^ almanak, etymologiebank.nl
^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Almanach”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
^ Praeparatio evangelica - Book III, Chapter IV: "also the divisions into the "decani," and the horoscopes, and the so-called "mighty Rulers," the names of which are contained in the almanacks, and their powers to heal diseases, and their risings and settings, and indications of future events."