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Wolpernacht
in Low German
Pronunciation:
/vɔlpɐnaxt/
noun
Syllabication:
Wol·per·nacht
Does not appear in plural
f
de Wolpernacht
North Low Saxon
Does not appear in plural
m
de Wolpernacht
Westphalian
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Südwest-Ostfalen:
Albert Hansen:
Holzland-ostfälisches Wörterbuch.
Ummendorf 1964, page 209
Low Saxon:
Fest
an
’n
30.
April
English:
Walpurgis
night
Dutch:
Walpurgisnacht
German:
Walpurgisnacht
Examples:
In
de
Wolpernacht
riedt
de
Hexen
op
’n
Bessen
na
’n
Blocksbarg
.
Etymology:
Compound word constructed from:
Wolper
+
Nacht
Rhyming words
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