# der Windhauch

der Windhauch is a German noun meaning “slight breeze”. Forms: des Windhauchs.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Windhauchs

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ slight breeze
2. _no plural_ vanity; vanity of vanities (the futility of all earthly efforts, as in the philosophy of Ecclesiastes)
   - Windhauch, Windhauch, sagte Kohelet, Windhauch, Windhauch, das ist alles Windhauch. — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanitiy. (Ecclesiastes 1:2)

## Examples

- Ein Windhauch kam und wehte Kürtchens Hut weit weg. — A puff of wind came and blew Curdken's hat far away.
- Kein Windhauch war zu spüren. — There wasn't a breath of wind.

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