minnesinger

[ min-uh-sing-er ]

noun

1. one of a class of German lyric poets and singers of the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries.

minnesinger

/ ˈmɪnɪˌsɪŋə /

noun

1. one of the German lyric poets and musicians of the 12th to 14th centuries

Word History and Origins

Origin of minnesinger¹

1815–25; < German, equivalent to Minne love + Singer singer

Word History and Origins

Origin of minnesinger¹

C19: from German: love-singer

Example Sentences

Albert, who was a Minnesinger, was loyal to the declining fortunes of the Hohenstaufen, and afterwards supported his brother-in-law, Rudolph of Habsburg, in his efforts to obtain the German throne.

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Vogelweid, the Minnesinger, When he left this world of ours, Laid his body in the cloister, Under Wurtzburg's minster towers.

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Then came his relation of romantic wanderings in Southern France and Germany, like a troubadour, or minnesinger, with guitar and song; of his accidental friendships and fancy fraternities, till he became choir-alto at a Lutheran church in the heart of the Eichen-Land.

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Minnesinger, min′e-sing′ėr, n. one of a school of German amatory lyric poets in the 12th and 13th centuries, mostly of noble birth.

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The minnesinger Wolfram von Eschenbach based his Willehalm on a French original which must have differed from the versions we have.

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Related Words

• crooner
• minstrel
• songwriter