Gespenst
Appearance
See also: gespenst
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gespenst, gespenste, from Old High German gispensti (“temptation, (devilish) illusion”), from spanan (“to lure, to attract”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gespenst n (strong, genitive Gespenstes or Gespensts, plural Gespenster)
- ghost, spectre
- 1847, Karl Marx et al., Das Kommunistische Manifest:
- Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus.
- A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism.
- 1847, Karl Marx et al., Das Kommunistische Manifest:
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gespenst [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Gespenst | die | Gespenster |
genitive | eines | des | Gespenstes, Gespensts | der | Gespenster |
dative | einem | dem | Gespenst, Gespenste1 | den | Gespenstern |
accusative | ein | das | Gespenst | die | Gespenster |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Gespenst” in Duden online
- “Gespenst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gespenst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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