Weiberfastnacht

German

FWOTD – 23 February 2017
Symbolische Entmannung an Weiberfastnacht. — Symbolic emasculation on Weiberfastnacht.

Etymology

From Weiber (women) + Fastnacht (carnival)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪbɐˌfastnaχt/,

Noun

Weiberfastnacht f (genitive Weiberfastnacht, plural Weiberfastnächte)

  1. A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. Originally a special day for women’s carnival, but now celebrated by both sexes as the beginning of the six-day peak of the carnival season. Remnants of the original purpose are that women are allowed to cut off men's ties and to kiss (on the cheek) whomever they want.
    • 1989, Emma Jahresband
      Sie neigen zu einem selbstbewußten Separatismus und feiern jedes Jahr an Weiberfastnacht ihr eigenes berühmtes Fest.
      They tend towards a self-aware separatism, and every year on Weiberfastnacht they celebrate their own famous party.
    • 2010, Helga Resch, Der Karnevalsknigge: Feiern wie die echten Kölschen, Kiepenheuer & Witsch →ISBN
      Neben Rosenmontag ist Weiberfastnacht, auf Kölsch Wieverfastelovend, der wichtigste Tag im Karneval und gleichzeitig der erste der sechs Straßenkarnevalstage bis Aschermittwoch.
      After Shrove Monday, Weiberfastnacht (in Cologne Wieverfastelovend) the most important day of the carnival and the first of the six street carnival days before Ash Wednesday.
    • 2014, Jens Baumeister, Karneval für Imis: Ein Survivalguide durch den Kölner Karneval, Emons Verlag →ISBN
      Karnevalsprofis sorgen vor und haben für Weiberfastnacht eine Sammlung billiger Schlipse auf Vorrat.
      Carnival experts prepare and have a selection of cheap ties available for Weiberfastnacht.

Synonyms

  • Altweiber, Altweiberfastnacht
  • Fettdonnerstag (Fat Thursday) (Aachen region)
  • Schmotziger Donnerstag
  • Schwerdonnerstag (Cologne)
  • Weiberfasching
  • Weiberfasnet (Swabian)
  • Wieverfastelovend (Colognian (Cologne dialect))
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