minnesong
noun
min·ne·song
ˈminēˌsȯŋ,
-nəˌ-,
-säŋ
variants or minnesang
ˈminəˌzäŋ
1
: a song of a minnesinger
2
: the whole body of minnesongs constituting a musical form
another characteristic shared in common by English music and German minnesong
Gilbert Reaney
Gilbert Reaney
Word History
Etymology
in sense 1, minnesong partial translation of German minnelied; in sense 1, minnesang alteration (influenced by German minnesang) of minnesong; in sense 2, minnesong partial translation of German minnesang; in sense 2, minnesang from German, from Middle High German minnesanc, from minne love + sanc song, singing