Eitelkeit

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ītelkeit, ītelcheit, shortened variants of Middle High German ītelicheit, ītellīcheit, ītellichheit, equivalent to eitel +‎ -keit. Cognate with Middle Low German îdelichhêt, Dutch ijdelheid, English idlehood.

Pronunciation
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Noun

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  1. vanity

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “Eitelkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Eitelkeit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Eitelkeit” in Duden online
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