rozenkrans

Meaning

1. (literally, masculine) a wreath of roses
2. (masculine) the rosary, a Catholic prayer sequence, consisting of repetitions of Our Lady and Our Father
3. (masculine) a rosary, Catholic or, less commonly, Anglican prayer beads used to keep track of the above
4. (masculine) an object resembling the wreath:
5. (masculine) an object resembling the wreath:
6. (masculine) a symbolical meaning of the wreath:
7. (masculine) a symbolical meaning of the wreath:

Concepts

rosary

prayer beads

📿

beads

chaplet

paternoster

Synonyms

bidsnoer

rist

reeks

gebedssnoer

📿

Translations

Rosenkranz

rosario

rosario

rosarium

ροζάριο

rosaire

rosário

rosari

tespih

مِسْبَحَة

chapelet

terço

مسبحة

سُبْحَة

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: rosencrans

In summary

From Middle Dutch rosencrans. Equivalent to roos (“rose”) + krans (“wreath”).