Frühlingsnacht

spring night

noun FRUEH-lings-nakht Rare

Usage Note

Frühlingsnacht evokes the mild but still potentially cool nights of spring. It is a favourite in lyric poetry and song (Frühlingsnacht is the title of a famous Schumann song). The compound structure is typical of German time-season vocabulary.

Examples

"In einer Frühlingsnacht blühten alle Kirschbäume auf."

Natural Translation

On a spring night all the cherry trees blossomed.

Literal Translation

In a spring-night blossomed all cherry-trees up.

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