Totensonntag
German
Etymology
Tote (“the dead”) + Sonntag (“Sunday”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtoːtənˈzɔnˌtaːk/ (standard)
Noun
Totensonntag m (genitive Totensonntages or Totensonntag, plural Totensonntage)
- (Protestantism) A holiday of remembering the dead, equivalent to the Catholic (and Anglican) All Souls' Day, kept by German Lutherans and Calvinists on the Sunday before the first Sunday of Advent (thus in late November).
See also
- Allerseelen