hexameter

hɛkˈsæmɪtər
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Translation of hexameter into German

Noun

1.

literature

TECH.
line of verse consisting of six metrical feet
TECH.
Hexameter m
  • The poet composed his epic in hexameter..Der Dichter verfasste sein Epos im Hexameter.
2.

poetry

TECH.
poetic metre where each line has six feet
TECH.
Hexameter mHexametrisches Versmaß
  • Hexameter was common in ancient epic poetry.Der Hexameter war in der antiken epischen Dichtung üblich.
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Synonyms and analogies of hexameter in English

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Examples of hexameter in a sentence

  • The translation retained the original hexameter structure.
  • The poet experimented with hexameter in his latest work.
  • Students studied hexameter in their literature class.

Translations of "hexameter" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
derHexameternm.

If the chronogram is a hexameter, you call it a chronostichon.

Ist das Chronogramm ein Hexameter, so heißt es Chronostichon.

I read the hexameter and dreamed of the life abroad.

Ich las die Hexameter und träumte vom Auslande.

A short introduction into the hexameter has been newly added.

Neu hinzugekommen ist eine kurze Einführung in den Hexameter.

Like 'The Odyssey,' the epic poem is written in dactylic hexameter. iStock

Wie auch "Die Odyssee" von Homer ist das epische Gedicht in daktylischem Hexameter geschrieben.

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The epics were composed in dactylic hexameter verse.

Die Epen waren in daktylischen Hexametern geschrieben.

The poem is divided into 17 books and is composed in dactylic hexameter.

Das Werk wurde in 11 Bücher unterteilt und war im daktylischen Hexameter verfasst.

So it was established in a cooperation with language therapists that the heartbeat of people will be similar to musical sound patterns, if for example hexameter is spoken by the subject.

So wurde in einer Kooperation mit Sprachtherapeuten festgestellt, das der Herzschlag des Menschen musikalischen Klangmustern ähnlich wird, wenn z.B. Hexameter von der Versuchsperson gesprochen werden.

"No; I have never composed a single hexameter."

Nein; ich habe noch nie einen ganzen Hexameter zustande gebracht.

The shortcomings of all translations available to us inspired Miriam and Simon Bernart to translate on their own the passage they are recite in German hexameter.

Die Schwächen der uns vorliegenden Übersetzungen reizten Miriam und Simon Bernart, die von ihnen gelesene Passage eigenständig in deutsche Hexameter zu übertragen.

With his Messias, he succeeded in making Greek hexameter a mode of expression of the German poetic language.

Mit seinem Messias gelang es ihm, den griechischen Hexameter auch zum Ausdruck deutscher dichterischer Sprache zu machen.

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