Weihnachten

Significat (Anglès)

Christmas

Conceptes

Freqüència

B1
Dialectes

Cantó de Zuric

Cantó de Zuric

wiehnachte

Basilea-Camp

Basilea-Camp

wiehnachte

Basilea-Camp

Basilea-Camp

wienacht

Cantó de Zuric

Cantó de Zuric

wiehnacht

Cantó de Zuric

Cantó de Zuric

wienachte

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈvaɪ̯ˌnaxtən/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle High German wīhenahten (“Christmas”), from a dative plural ze den wīhen nahten (“in the holy nights”). Compare modern weihen (“to hallow”) and Nacht. The oldest form (1170) is a singular diu wīhe naht (“the Holy Night”); the somewhat later plural is used to refer to the Christmas days and nights collectively. A relation with earlier heathen festivals is not endorsed by the etymological standard sources, though the possibility is admitted. The term is a cognate with Low German Wiehnachten as well as Czech Vánoce and Slovak Vianoce.

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