alter Drache
German
Etymology
Literally, “old dragon”. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
alter Drache m (weak, definite nominative der alte Drache, genitive (des) alten Drachen, plural alte Drachen, definite plural die alten Drachen)
- (obsolete, Christianity) An epithet for Satan.
- 1650, Johann Franck (lyrics and music), “Jesu, meine Freude [Jesus, my joy]”:
- Trotz dem alten Drachen,
trotz des Todes Rachen,
trotz der Furcht darzu!
Tobe Welt und springe,
ich steh hier und singe
in gar sichrer Ruh.- Despite the old dragon,
despite the jaws of death,
despite even [all] the fear!
Rage, o world, and shatter:
[for] I stand here and sing,
quite secure in serenity.
- Despite the old dragon,
- 1714, Conrad Mel, Das Leben der Patriarchen (Das Leben der Patriarchen: Erklärung des Ersten Buchs Mosis: Worinn Lebens-Lauff der Altväter, Adams ... Abrachams, Isaacs und Jacobs Durch Predigten vorgetragen), Sand, →OCLC, page 180:
- […] das ist/ zwischen der Kirchen GOttes[sic] und dem Satan/ und allen seinen Werckzeugen. Der alte Drache hat die Kirche GOttes[sic] verfolgt von Anfang der Welt her durch alle drey Zeiten der Verheissung des Alten und des Neuen Testaments: […]
- […] that is, between the church of God, and Satan and all his instruments. The old dragon has pursued the church of God from the beginning of the world through all three eras of the promise of the Old and New Testaments: […]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alter, Drache.
Declension
Declension of alter Drache [masculine, weak]
singular | plural | |||
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masculine gender | strong declension | |||
nominative | alter Drache | alte Drachen | ||
genitive | alten Drachen | alter Drachen | ||
dative | altem Drachen | alten Drachen | ||
accusative | alten Drachen | alte Drachen | ||
weak declension | ||||
nominative | der | alte Drache | die | alten Drachen |
genitive | des | alten Drachen | der | alten Drachen |
dative | dem | alten Drachen | den | alten Drachen |
accusative | den | alten Drachen | die | alten Drachen |
mixed declension | ||||
nominative | ein | alter Drache | (keine) | alten Drachen |
genitive | eines | alten Drachen | (keiner) | alten Drachen |
dative | einem | alten Drachen | (keinen) | alten Drachen |
accusative | einen | alten Drachen | (keine) | alten Drachen |
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