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Definition of Fastnacht
1. Noun. Doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastnacht
Literary usage of Fastnacht
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"He assumes that there is a distinction in meaning between 'comedi' and 'spil' as
used in the minutes, and that when 'spil' is used it refers to fastnacht ..."
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1887)
"When he asked fastnacht about Mademoiselle Leonino the manager gave him a ...
But the story told him by M. fastnacht suggested quite a new order of ideas. ..."
3. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"However, the fact of the matter is that the word fastnacht is a popular corruption of
... The old derivation of fastnacht horn fasten is found in Adelung, ..."
4. The Origin of the German Carnival Comedy by Maximilian Josef Rudwin (1919)
"However, the fact of the matter is that the word fastnacht is a popular corruption of
... The old derivation of fastnacht from fasten is found in Adelung, ..."
5. History of German Literature: Based on the German Work of Vilmar by Frederick Metcalfe, August Friedrich Christian Vilmar (1858)
"The first specimens of the latter were the fastnacht- spiele, or Shrove-tide plays.
... 81, and lately in Keller's " fastnacht-spiele," ii. ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"So Allan Q 18:279-88 О '19 Brooks, Neil Conwell fastnacht- und Osterspiel.
Mod Lang Notes 33:436-7 N '18 Brooks, Paul В. Scoring of health activities in ..."
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