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Kurhaus Baden-Baden

Etymology edit

Kur +‎ Haus

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːɐ̯haʊ̯s/
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Kurhaus n (strong, genitive Kurhauses, plural Kurhäuser)

  1. kursaal (building for the use of visitors in spa towns)
    Synonym: Kursaal
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 529; republished as Helen T. Lowe-Porter, transl., The Magic Mountain, 1927:
      [] reiche Genießer und Tagediebe aus aller Welt, Bewohner des Kurhauses und der anderen großen Hotels, barhaupt in modischem Sportdreß aus edlen und teueren Stoffen, mit Gesichtern, bronziert von Wintersonnenbrand und Schneestrahlung, []
      [] the idle rich and pleasure-loving from all over the world, who filled the Kurhaus and the other hotels of the place; all hatless, all clad in sports costumes which were the last word in elegance and beauty of fabric, all bronzed with winter sunburn and the glaring reflections from snowy slopes.

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