Angesicht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German angesiht (“aspect, view”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈanɡəzɪçt/
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Noun

Angesicht n (strong, genitive Angesichts, plural Angesichter)

(higher register) countenance, visage, face

Declension

Declension of Angesicht [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Angesicht	die	Angesichter
genitive	eines	des	Angesichts	der	Angesichter
dative	einem	dem	Angesicht	den	Angesichtern
accusative	ein	das	Angesicht	die	Angesichter

Related terms

angesichts

References

Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Angesicht”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

“Angesicht” in Duden online
“Angesicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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