Fasching

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vaschanc, vaschang, from a conflation of unattested Old High German *vastganc (“exuberant goings-on at a carnival”) (exact cognate of Old English fastgang (“fasting; Shrove Tuesday”)) and *vastschanc (“serving of the fasting drink, esp. before the start of Lent”) (from a component *vast related to Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“to observe, fast, abstain”) + Schank (“a giving”)), + a suffix -ing.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaʃɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fa‧sching

Noun

Fasching m (strong, genitive Faschings, plural Faschings or Faschinge)

  1. The week before Mardi Gras, carnival.
    Synonyms: Fastnacht, Karneval

Declension

Declension of Fasching [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fasching die Faschings, Faschinge
genitive eines des Faschings der Faschings, Faschinge
dative einem dem Fasching den Faschings, Faschingen
accusative einen den Fasching die Faschings, Faschinge

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Fasching”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Fasching” in Duden online
  • “Fasching” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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