Firmung
German
editEtymology
editMiddle High German firmunge, by surface analysis, firmen + -ung.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editFirmung f (genitive Firmung, plural Firmungen)
- (Roman Catholicism) confirmation (sacrament)
- Synonym: Firmsakrament
- Coordinate term: Konfirmation
- 1916, Gustav Meyrink, “Die vier Mondbrüder”, in Fledermäuse[1]:
- Da ich ein Findling war, nahm mich bei meiner Firmung mein Pate, der alte Klostergärtner, an Kindes Statt an, und seitdem führe ich rechtmäßig den Namen Meyrink.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
edit- The Protestant ceremony of sealing equally known in English as “confirmation” is called Konfirmation in German.
Declension
editDeclension of Firmung [feminine]
Hypernyms
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