Mantille

See also: mantille

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mantilla or French mantille.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mantille f (genitive Mantille, plural Mantillen)

  1. mantilla
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 184:
      Sie reichte dem Gast aus der Mantille heraus die Hand, eine magere, gelbliche, hoch geäderte, mit Ringen geschmückte Hand, und fuhr fort, ihn nickend anzublicken.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Mantille” in Duden online
  • Mantille” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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