# die Weiberfastnacht

die Weiberfastnacht is a German noun meaning “Fat Thursday”. Forms: der Weiberfastnacht, die Weiberfastnächte.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Weiberfastnacht
- Plural: die Weiberfastnächte

## In other languages

- Русский: диал. «Бабий четверг»

## Meanings

1. A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. Originally a special day for women’s carnival, but now celebrated by both sexes as the beginning of the six-day peak of the carnival season. Remnants of the original purpose are that women are allowed to cut off men's ties and to kiss (on the cheek) whomever they want.
   - Sie neigen zu einem selbstbewußten Separatismus und feiern jedes Jahr an Weiberfastnacht ihr eigenes berühmtes Fest. — They tend towards a self-aware separatism, and every year on Weiberfastnacht they celebrate their own famous party.
2. Fat Thursday
   - An Weiberfastnacht findet der Wiener Opernball statt.

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