minnesinger

See also: Minnesinger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Minnesinger, from Minne (courtly love) + Singer (singer).

Noun

minnesinger (plural minnesingers)

  1. (historical) A peripatetic musician in Germany in the 12th to the 14th centuries, often performing songs of courtly love.

French

Noun

minnesinger m (plural minnesingers)

  1. minnesinger

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

minnesinger m (plural minnesingeri)

  1. Alternative form of minnesänger

Declension

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