Fantasie

See also: fantasie and fantasié

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German fantasīe (whence also the obsolete doublet Phantasei), learned borrowing from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā). Doublet of fancy and Fantasia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fantaˈziː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Fantasie f (genitive Fantasie, plural Fantasien)

  1. (chiefly in the singular) imagination
  2. fantasy
  3. (music) fantasia
    Synonyms: Fantasia, Fantaisia

Declension

Derived terms

  • Fantasiestück

Further reading