Geweih
dasNounantlers
English translations
- 01
stag's horn
- 02
antler
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Geweih ist ein knöchernes, verzweigtes Kopfschmuck, das hauptsächlich bei männlichen Hirschen vorkommt und jährlich abgeworfen und neu gebildet wird.
- English meaning
- Antlers
- Synonym
- Hirschhorn
- German example
- Der Hirsch trug ein prächtiges Geweih.
- English example
- The deer wore magnificent antlers.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Geweih
- Plural Form
- die Geweihe
Related words
- todgeweiht
doomed to die
- eingeweiht
Initiated, inaugurated
- heylig
Holy
- Esoterik
Esotericism
- Osterkerze
Easter candle
- Altarweihe
Altar consecration
- Messopfer
The Mass is a ritual act in the Catholic Church in which bread and wine are consecrated and offered as the body and blood of Christ.
- Mystagog
Mystagogue
- Mystagoge
Mystagogue
- weihen
Consecrate
- esoterisch
Esoteric
- Hirschkäfer
Stag beetle
- Gehörn
Antlers
- Insider
Insider
- Primiz
First Mass
- Fahnenweihe
A flag consecration is a solemn ceremony in which a new flag is consecrated and put into use.
- heiligen
Sanctify
- einweihen
To inaugurate means to ceremonially put something into operation or open it.
- eleusinisch
Eleusinian refers to the Mysteries of Eleusis, religious rites in ancient Greece dedicated to the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone.
- laikal
Laical refers to someone who is not a member of the clergy, i.e., not an ordained minister of a church.
- heilig
Holy, sacred
- hellig
holy, sacred
- sakral
Sacred means holy or religious and refers to things related to religious ceremonies, rites, or holy places.
- Elch
Moose
- Horn
A horn is a hard, pointed growth that grows on the head of certain animals.
- Gaunersprache
thieves' cant
- Damhirsch
Fallow deer
- Galgenvogel
Galgenvogel is a derogatory term for a person considered incorrigible and doomed.
- Mitwisserin
Accessory, accomplice (female)
- Mitwisser
accessory, someone who knows about a wrongdoing
- Gesalbte
Anointed one
Example sentences with “Geweih”
Der Hirsch hat ein großes Geweih. (The stag has large antlers.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the plural of Geweih?
The plural is 'Geweihe'.