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Allerseelen
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German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˌalɐˈzeːlən/
de De-Allerseelen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n,-.both
de especially Roman Catholicism All Souls' Day
Usage notes
The holiday is not kept by Protestants in Germany, who instead remember the dead on de Totensonntag (Sunday before Advent Sunday).
The genitive and plural are widely avoided. The genitive could only be used at all with an adjective: de des letzten Allerseelen of the last All Souls' Day.
Declension
n,-
Derived terms
de Allerseelentag
Related terms
de Allerheiligen
de Holidays