Gobelin

See also: gobelin

English

Etymology

Named after a Parisian manufacturing company founded by Jean Gobelin, whose French name derives from German Kobold (“evil gnome”).

Noun

Gobelin (plural Gobelins)

  1. A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

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German

Etymology

From a French manufacturing company, see above.

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Noun

Gobelin m (strong, genitive Gobelins, plural Gobelins)

  1. an artistically decorated type of tapestry

Declension
Declension of Gobelin [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Gobelin die Gobelins
genitive eines des Gobelins der Gobelins
dative einem dem Gobelin den Gobelins
accusative einen den Gobelin die Gobelins

Further reading
  • “Gobelin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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