Für unsere englischsprachigen Freunde (oder für Rami, wenn er voll ist) erklärt dieses Lexikon mal die wichtigsten Begriffe des Karnevals auf Englisch. Fals Ihr einen Tommy oder Ami treffen solltet, habt Ihr wenigstens was parat!
Fastnacht/Karneval-Lexikon
An Annotated English-German
Glossary of Carnival Terms
Karneval Fasching Fastnacht Fasnet
| FASCHING/KARNEVAL EXPRESSIONS |
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| Alaaf! | Carnival greeting in the Kölsch dialect of Cologne. |
| Helau! | Carnival greeting in Düsseldorf. |
| die Büttenrede | A rhyming humorous Carnival speech |
| Ho
Narro! S'goht degege! |
Aus dem Alemannischen: Es geht dagegen! |
| Fastnacht | Der Abend vor der Fastenzeit |
| der Morgestraich |
The name of the nighttime Fasnacht procession in Basel |
| der Narrensprung |
Fool's Leap, a famous Fasnet procession in Rottweil |
| die närrische Saison |
Fasching, Karneval |
| FASCHING/FASTNACHT DATES - DATEN |
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Carnival or Mardi Gras goes by many names in German, depending on the region and dialect. Whether you call it Fastnacht, Fasching or Karneval, it is a time for revelry, humor and satire. Although its origins go back to ancie nt pagan times, it is the Romans and the Italians to whom the Germans owe many aspects of their celebration. The former Roman settlements of Cologne, Bonn and Mainz still celebrate Karneval. In this annotated glossary, you'll find vocabulary and facts related to the "fifth season."
Ash Wednesday der
Aschermittwoch
The day after Carnival ends and Lent begins.
association, guild,
society (Carnival) der Verein, die Zunft, die Gesellschaft
See "guild" below.
ball (dance) (n.)
der Ball (Bälle)
Carnival ball der Faschingsball, der Karnevalball
Carnival, Mardi Gras
der Fasching, die Fastnacht, der Karneval
The German words for "Carnival" vary by region. Karneval
is from Latin. Fasching and Fastnacht are Germanic.
Carnival (rhyming)
speech die Büttenrede (-n)
The tradition of humorous, rhyming Büttenreden
began in Cologne. An entire industry, complete with books and Web sites,
has grown up around it.
costume (n.) das Kostüm (-e), die Verkleidung (-en)
the fifth season die fünfte Jahreszeit (Karneval)
fool, clown (n.) der Narr (-en)
the foolish/silly season die närrische Saison (Karneval)
foolish, silly (adj.) närrisch
fool's cap die Narrenmütze (-n), die Narrenkappe
guild die
Zunft (Zünfte)
fool's guild die Narrenzunft (-zünfte)
Carnival guilds or societies organize and run the season's
events.
Lent, the Lenten season
die Fastenzeit
Lent, the 40-day Fastenzeit begins on Ash Wednesday
(Aschermittwoch and ends at Easter (Ostern).
mask die
Maske (-n)
In some regions, rules and tradition require that Karnevalmasken
be hand-carved and made only of wood.
parade der
Umzug, pl. (Umzüge)
Rose Monday der
Rosenmontag
Rose Monday parade der Rosenmontagumzug
This is the big parade day for Karneval in Cologne,
while Fasching in the south reaches its climax on Shrove Tuesday.
Rosenmontag actually has nothing to do with roses, but is derived
from rasen, to rave or rage!
Shrove Tuesday der Fastnachtsdienstag, der Faschingsdienstag
Women's Carnival/Thursday
der Weiberfastnacht
On the last Thursday before Fastnacht,
also called Fastelabend, Schmutziger Donnerstag or Schmotzige
Dunschstig, women play pranks such as cutting off men's ties. Other
names: Dorendonderdach, feister phinztag, gumpiger donstag, kleine
fastnacht (Oberrhein), fetter Donnerstag, schwerer Donnerstag
(Rheinland), Semperstag, tumbe fassnacht, unsinniger Donnerstag, Weiberdonnerstag,
wuetig Donnerstag, Wuscheltag (Basel), zemperstag, zimpertag.
aktualisiert am 08.02.2002