Fantasie

See also: fantasie and fantasié

German

Alternative forms

• Phantasie

Etymology

From Middle High German fantasīe (whence also the obsolete doublet Phantasei), learned borrowing from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phantasíā). Doublet of fancy and Fantasia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fantaˈziː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Fantasie f (genitive Fantasie, plural Fantasien)

1. (chiefly in the singular) imagination
2. fantasy
3. (music) fantasia

   Synonyms: Fantasia, Fantaisia

Declension

Declension of Fantasie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fantasie	die	Fantasien
genitive	einer	der	Fantasie	der	Fantasien
dative	einer	der	Fantasie	den	Fantasien
accusative	eine	die	Fantasie	die	Fantasien

Derived terms

• Fantasiestück

 

Further reading

• “Fantasie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fantasie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fantasie” in Duden online
• Fantasie on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de