Hornung
See also: hornung
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German hornunc, Old High German hornung. Compare Pennsylvania German Hanning, Old English hornungsunu (“bastard”), Frankish hōrni(n)g.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHornung m (strong, genitive Hornunges or Hornungs, plural Hornunge)
- (obsolete, poetic) February
- 1789, Friedrich Schiller, Der Geisterseher[1], page 15:
- Eine mahlerische Landschaft, die mit jeder Krümmung des Flusses sich an Reichthum und Schönheit zu übertreffen schien — der heiterste Himmel, der mitten im Hornung einen Maientag bildete — reizende Gärten und geschmackvolle Landhäuser ohne Zahl, […]
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