Last Updated on February 15, 2023
Where does this word with such a difficult spelling come from?
In fact, his story is quite simple:
German festivals in December – January
Christmas cookies in Germany
Swabian-Alemannic carnival in Rottweil
SS or ß in German
Use: difference between benutzen and verwenden, nutzen, gebrauchen, anwenden
Difference between schlimm and schlecht
weihen (consecrate) + Nacht
It turns out Weihnachten – “consecrated nights”
Weihen is mainly used in a religious sense
die Kirche wurde im Jahre 1140 geweiht
jemanden zum Bischof weihen
but also figuratively (high style) – “to sacrifice, to dedicate (your life)”
er hat sein Leben Gott (der Kunst, dem Dienst an seinen Mitmenschen) geweiht
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From the non-ecclesiastical derivatives of weihen is the most popular
einweihen:
– (from the meaning “to consecrate”) to inaugurate, solemnly open, mainly buildings
Die neue Bibliothek wird eingeweiht
– (from the meaning “to initiate, to let into your narrow (initially religious) circle”, that is, to reveal your secrets) to initiate:
in your plans
into secrets
circumstances of the case and so on
in seine Pläne einweihen
jemanden in die Geheimnisse einweihen
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