Herdfeuer

German

Etymology

From Herd (“fireplace”, dated) +‎ Feuer (“fire”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. hearth (or more literally, the fire therein; particularly as a place around which the family gathers)
    Am Herdfeuer erzählten sich unsere Vorfahren die alten Märchen.
    At the hearth, our ancestors told the old folktales.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “Herdfeuer” in Duden online
  • “Herdfeuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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