Trauerjahr
German
Etymology
From Trauer (“mourning, grief, sadness”) + Jahr (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯əʁˌjaːʁ/, [ˈtʁaʊ̯.ɐˌjaː(ɐ̯)]
Noun
Trauerjahr n (strong, genitive Trauerjahrs or Trauerjahres, plural Trauerjahre)
- year of mourning, the first year after a person’s death, during which remarriage has traditionally been considered unbeseeming (and was formerly forbidden by law)
- Er hat schon eine Neue, will aber noch das Trauerjahr abwarten.
- He has a new girlfriend already, but he wants to wait until the year of mourning has passed.
Declension
Declension of Trauerjahr [neuter, strong]