MINNESINGER

  

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MINNESINGER

Definition: MINNESINGER

MINNESINGER

Noun

1. A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Minnesinger \Min"ne*sing`er\, noun. [German expression, from minne love singen to sing.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: MINNESINGER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Poetry

Poet, poet laureate; laureate; bard, lyrist, scald, skald, troubadour, trouvere; minstrel; minnesinger, meistersinger; improvisatore; versifier, sonneteer; rhymer, rhymist, rhymester; ballad monger, runer; poetaster; genus irritabile vatum.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: MINNESINGER

Specialty definitions using "MINNESINGER": Contests of Wartburg. (references)

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Commercial Usage: MINNESINGER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Das höfische Leben zur Zeit der Minnesinger (reference)

  • Minnesinger in Bildern der Manessischen Liederhandschrift (reference)

  • Poesía de trovadores, trouvères, minnesinger de principios del siglo XII a fines del siglo XIII : edicón bilingüe (reference)

  • Six Minnesinger Songs (reference)

  • The Minnesinger Heinrich Von Morungen: An Introduction to His Songs (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: MINNESINGER

Language Translations for "MINNESINGER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

германски трубадур, минезенгер. (various references)

   

German

  

minnesänger (minstrel, minstrels). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

innesingermay

   

Russian 

  

миннезингер. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

minezenger. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ortaçağ lirik şairi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: MINNESINGER

Derivations

Words beginning with "MINNESINGER": minnesingers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"MINNESINGER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: minidigger, Munsingen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "MINNESINGER"

Words rhyming with "MINNESINGER" (pronounced 'Min"ne*sing`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MINNESINGER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-n-r-s"

-3 letters: meninges, regimens, reinsmen, remising, resining, sneering.

-4 letters: emigres, engines, ermines, germens, ginners, ginnier, greisen, innings, insigne, meinies, mensing, mingier, minings, minnies, ninnies, regimen, regimes, reining, remiges, rennins, rinning, rinsing, seeming, seining, sinning.

-5 letters: emigre, engine, ensign, ermine, genies, genres, germen, ginner, greens, grimes, imines, inners, inning, meinie, merges, miners, mining, miring, nereis, regime.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-n-r-s"
 

+1 letter: minnesingers.

 

+2 letters: infringements.

 

+4 letters: domineeringness, mountaineerings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MINNESINGER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 49 4E 4E 45 53 49 4E 47 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ..    -.    -.    .    ...    ..    -.    --.    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001001 01001110 01001110 01000101 01010011 01001001 01001110 01000111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#73 &#78 &#78 &#69 &#83 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0049 004E 004E 0045 0053 0049 004E 0047 0045 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4743484839534348413952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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