Andacht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German andāht, Old High German ánadāht (“attention, devotion”).[1]

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Noun

Andacht f (genitive Andacht, plural Andachten)

  1. (singular only, state of devoted attention) devotion
  2. (religion) devotion, devotions, devotional prayer

Derived terms

References
  1. Andacht in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

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