Holzscheit

German

Etymology

Holz + Scheit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔltsʃaɪ̯t/

Noun

Holzscheit n (genitive Holzscheits or Holzscheites, plural Holzscheite)

  1. log (splitted log used as firewood)
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 158–159:
      Als in dem grünlichen Kachelofen nach einiger Zeit die Holzscheite zu glimmen und zu knistern begannen, setzte er sich, noch immer im Pelz, auf den schwarzen, ans Bett gerückten breitlehnigen Lederstuhl.
      When after some time the logs in the greenish tiled stove started glowing and crackling, he sat down, still in the fur, on the black leather chair, which was moved next to the bed.

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