meistergesang
noun
mei·ster·ge·sang
ˈmīstə(r)gəˌzäŋ
plural meistergesänge
-ˌzeŋə
often capitalized
1
: one of the songs of the meistersinger consisting of strophic mechanical verse usually didactic or religious in nature and composed according to strict rules to fit a few traditional monophonic melodies
2
: the songs of the meistersinger as a literary genre
Word History
Etymology
German, from Middle High German meistersanc, meistergesanc, from meister master + sanc song, singing (from Old High German sang) or gesanc song, singing, from ge-, collective prefix (from Old High German gi-) + sanc
- @s
- a
- a (fat) lot of good
- a (good) long while
- A and M
- a and r
- A and R
- a babe in arms
- a baculo
- a bad crowd
- a bad state of repair
- a bag of nerves
- a bag/bundle of nerves
- a barrel of laughs
- A battery
- a bene placito
- a big fish in a little pond
- a big fish in a small pond
- a big head
- a big heart
- a big/swelled head
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- a bit
- a bit much
- a bit of a