Totensonntag
German
editEtymology
editTote (“the dead”) + Sonntag (“Sunday”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editTotensonntag m (strong, genitive Totensonntags or Totensonntages or Totensonntag, plural Totensonntage)
- (Protestantism) A holiday of remembering the dead, equivalent to the Catholic (and Anglican) All Souls' Day, kept by German Lutherans and Calvinists on the Sunday before the first Sunday of Advent (thus in late November).
- Synonyms: Ewigkeitssonntag, Totenfest
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “Totensonntag” in Duden online