Zwietracht
German
Etymology
From Middle High German zwitraht, which is a borrowing and phonetic adaptation from Middle Low German twēdraht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsviːˌtʁaxt/, [ˈtsʋiːˌtʁaχt]
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Noun
Zwietracht f (genitive Zwietracht, no plural)
- (formal) discord (dissension)
- Antonym: Eintracht
- 1930, “act 1, scene 3”, in Bertolt Brecht (lyrics), Kurt Weil (music), Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny:
- Fatty: Hier in euren Städten ist der Lärm zu gross, nichts als Unruhe und Zwietracht und nichts woran man sich halten kann.
- Fatty: Here in your cities the noise is too great, nothing but unrest and discord and nothing to hold onto.
Declension
Declension of Zwietracht [sg-only, feminine]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Zwietracht |
| genitive | einer | der | Zwietracht |
| dative | einer | der | Zwietracht |
| accusative | eine | die | Zwietracht |
Derived terms
- zwieträchtig
Related terms
Further reading
- “Zwietracht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zwietracht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zwietracht” in Duden online
- “Zwietracht” in OpenThesaurus.de
Zwietracht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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