Blocksberg

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈblɔksbɛʁk/
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Proper noun

Blocksberg m (proper noun, strong, genitive Blocksbergs)

  1. (mythology) Synonym of Brocken
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnachtstraum”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎:
      Komm, fasse meinen Zipfel! / Der Blocksberg, wie der deutsche Parnaß, / Hat gar einen breiten Gipfel.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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