in aller Munde

German

Etymology

Literally, “[to be] in everybody's mouth”. The form aller is genitive plural and Munde is the archaic dative singular of Mund, somewhat unusual in modern German, where one would say im Mund von allen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪn ˈalɐ ˈmʊndə]

Prepositional phrase

in aller Munde

  1. (idiomatic) on everyone's lips
    in aller Munde sein/bleiben ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1983, Peter Sloterdijk, Kritik der zynischen Vernunft, volume 2, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, page 496:
      Nachdenklich stimmen kann die Aussage des Duden, daß das Wort Arzt nie recht »volkstümlich« geworden sei, wohl aber das Wort Doktor, das seit dem 15. Jahrhundert in aller Munde ist.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1997 December 12, Wolfgang Pauser, “Himmelsglück und Zahnpasta”, in Die Zeit, number 51, page 69:
      Die Klage über den Schönheitskult ist in aller Munde.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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