tagelied
tagelied is the alternative letter-case form of Tagelied.
Noun capitalized: Tagelied
Tagelied (plural Tagelieder)
- A medieval German lyric genre, popular from the 13th to 16th centuries, focusing on the painful separation of lovers at dawn.
- Kürenberg composed in a form of strophe similar to that of the Nibelungenlied, while Dietmar von Aist has given us the earliest German "Tagelied," that is to say, a poem analogous to the Provençal "alba" or French "aubade", in which two lovers are warned of the approach of dawn.1902, John George Robertson, Outlines of the History of German Literature, page 18
- But his instinct for the different shades of atmosphere, light, color, sound is infinitely finer. His Tagelieder are the most exquisite of their kind.1912, Otto Eduard Lessing, Masters in Modern German Literature, page 51
Forms of tagelied
| plural | tagelieder |
|---|---|
| plural | Tagelieder |
| alternative form | tagelied |
Questions about tagelied
- What does tagelied mean?
- Tagelied means a medieval German lyric genre, popular from the 13th to 16th centuries, focusing on the painful separation of lovers at dawn.
- What is tagelied the alternative letter-case form of?
- Tagelied is the alternative letter-case form of Tagelied.
- What part of speech is tagelied?
- Tagelied is a noun.
- What is the plural of tagelied?
- The plural of tagelied is tagelieder.
Words near tagelied in the dictionary
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