Dult

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dult, from Old High German tult, tuld (idle period), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *dulþiz. Compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (dulþs, feast).

Noun

Dult f (genitive Dult, plural Dulten)

  1. (regional, Bavaria, Austria) Synonym of Jahrmarkt
    • 1830, Carl Müller, Die Jacobi-Dult zu München: Seitenstück zum Octoberfest auf der Theresienwiese, page 3:
      „Heh! Kellner's frisch! bald angefangen! Die Dult ist heute eingegangen!

Declension

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