Andacht

See also: aandacht

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

Andacht f (genitive Andacht, plural Andachten)

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

Declension edit

Declension of Andacht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Andacht	die	Andachten
genitive	einer	der	Andacht	der	Andachten
dative	einer	der	Andacht	den	Andachten
accusative	eine	die	Andacht	die	Andachten

Derived terms edit

andächtig

References edit

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

Further reading edit

“Andacht” in Duden online
“Andacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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