fackeltanz

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/ˈfækəltɑːnts/

noun

a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations

OriginGerman Fackeltanz →
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Meanings

nounfackeltanz (plural fackeltänze)

plural fackeltänze

  1. entertainmenta kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations

    afterwards he drove her and her cousins (two guardsmen disguised as flowergirls) in his divine new convertible through the streets to see the tremendous birthday illumination, and the fackeltanz in the park, and the fireworks, and the pale upturned faces.

    1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Origin

  1. GermanFackeltanz“torch dance”
  2. Englishfackeltanz

Borrowed from German Fackeltanz (“torch dance”).

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APA

fackeltanz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fackeltanz

MLA

“fackeltanz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fackeltanz. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fackeltanz,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fackeltanz.

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