German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ītelkeit, ītelcheit, shortened variants of Middle High German ītelicheit, ītellīcheit, ītellichheit, equivalent to eitel +‎ -keit. Cognate with Middle Low German îdelichhêt, Dutch ijdelheid, English idlehood.

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Noun

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Eitelkeit f (genitive Eitelkeit, plural Eitelkeiten)

  1. vanity

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Eitelkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Eitelkeit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Eitelkeit” in Duden online