Abgott
German
Etymology
From Middle High German abgot, from Old High German abgot. By surface analysis, ab + Gott. Compare Dutch afgod.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ab‧gott
- IPA(key): /ˈapˌɡɔt/, [ˈʔapˌɡɔtʰ], [ˈʔab-]
Noun
Abgott m (strong, genitive Abgottes or Abgotts, plural Abgötter, feminine Abgöttin)
- a false god; an idol
- Synonym: Götze
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 506:
- Das kostete diese Leute nichts; denn ungeachtet ihres oberflächlichen Entzückens, wenn jener tenorale Abgott in Schmelz und Glanz schwelgte, die weltbeglückende Stimme in Kantilenen und hohen Künsten der Leidenschaft sich verströmte, […]
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Further reading
- “Abgott” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Abgott”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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