Halsbandaffäre

German

Etymology

From Halsband +‎ Affäre, a calque of French L’affaire du collier. Later applied to the Islamic episode in Orientalist literature because Aisha explained her absence from the Muslim caravan with her search for a necklace she had lost.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Halsbandaffäre f (genitive Halsbandaffäre, plural Halsbandaffären)

1. an affair involving a necklace, in particular:
   1. the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an 18th-century scandal at the royal court of France
   2. (Islam) an affair in which Aisha, one of Muhammad’s wives, was accused of adultery

Declension

Declension of Halsbandaffäre [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Halsbandaffäre	die	Halsbandaffären
genitive	einer	der	Halsbandaffäre	der	Halsbandaffären
dative	einer	der	Halsbandaffäre	den	Halsbandaffären
accusative	eine	die	Halsbandaffäre	die	Halsbandaffären

Further reading

• Halsbandaffäre on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de