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Narretei

German

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Etymology

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A contraction of Narrenteiding, from Narr (“fool”) +‎ -en- +‎ Teiding, from Middle High German teidinc (“chatter”), from Old High German tagadinc (“negotiation”).[1] See the etymology of verteidigen for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Narretei f (genitive Narretei, plural Narreteien)

  1. tomfoolery

Declension

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Declension of Narretei [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Narretei die Narreteien
genitive einer der Narretei der Narreteien
dative einer der Narretei den Narreteien
accusative eine die Narretei die Narreteien

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Narretei”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 582

Further reading

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