Karfreitag

German

Etymology

From Middle High German karvrītac, from kar ("lamentation; mourning"; from Old High German kara, chara) + vrītac (“Friday”). More at care, Friday.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaːɐ̯ˈfraitaːk/
Audio (file)

Noun

Karfreitag m (genitive Karfreitags or Karfreitages, plural Karfreitage)

Good Friday

Inflection

Declension of Karfreitag

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Karfreitag	die	Karfreitage
genitive	eines	des	Karfreitages, Karfreitags	der	Karfreitage
dative	einem	dem	Karfreitag, Karfreitage¹	den	Karfreitagen
accusative	einen	den	Karfreitag	die	Karfreitage

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Karfreitag in Duden online

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