Dornröschenschlaf

German

Etymology

Dornröschen +‎ Schlaf (From the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, in which a princess is cursed to sleep for a hundred years.)

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Noun

Dornröschenschlaf m (strong, genitive Dornröschenschlafs, no plural)

  1. (figuratively) A period of inactivity, especially where potentials are not being exploited.

Declension
Declension of Dornröschenschlaf [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Dornröschenschlaf
genitive eines des Dornröschenschlafs
dative einem dem Dornröschenschlaf
accusative einen den Dornröschenschlaf

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