Antlitz
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German antlitze, from Old High German antlizzi, from Proto-West Germanic *andawliti, from Proto-Germanic *andawlitją. Compare Swedish anlete.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Antlitz n (strong, genitive Antlitzes, plural Antlitze)
- (higher register, now chiefly poetic) face, countenance, visage
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs][1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen / Und starrte ihr Bildnis an, / Und das geliebte Antlitz / Heimlich zu leben begann.
- I stood in dark dreams, / And stared at her portrait, / And the beloved face / Secretly began to live.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Antlitz [neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Antlitz” in Duden online
- “Antlitz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Antlitz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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