Lebensabend
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːbənsˌaːbənt/, [ˈleː.bm̩sˌʔaː.bm̩t]
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Noun
Lebensabend m (strong, genitive Lebensabends, plural Lebensabende)
- (solemn) sunset years; eventide of one’s life (lifespan beyond circa 60 years of age)
- Synonym: Alter
- 1888, Theodor Fontane, Zur Erinnerung an Kaiser Wilhelm I. und Kaiser Friedrich III.:
- Dein Lebensabend war ein Morgenroth, / Und als des Abends letzte Lichter schwanden, / Da lagen Siegeskränze, hochgeschichtet, / Um Deinen Sarg – das Reich war aufgerichtet.
- The eventide of your life was a dawning, / And when the evening’s last lights faded, / Victor’s wreaths lay, piled up high, / Around your coffin—the Empire had been erected.
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