Dinggedicht

German

Etymology

From Ding +‎ Gedicht, literally “thing poem”. Coined by German critic and Germanicist Kurt Oppert in 1926 to describe the poetry of Eduard Mörike, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Rainer Maria Rilke.

Noun

Dinggedicht n (strong, genitive Dinggedichtes or Dinggedichts, plural Dinggedichte)

  1. (poetry) a poem about an object (animate or inanimate, often a symbol) that is described in a distanced, often dissociated and objectified way

Declension

Declension of Dinggedicht [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Dinggedicht die Dinggedichte
genitive eines des Dinggedichtes, Dinggedichts der Dinggedichte
dative einem dem Dinggedicht, Dinggedichte1 den Dinggedichten
accusative ein das Dinggedicht die Dinggedichte

1Now rare, see notes.

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