# der alter Drache

der alter Drache is a German noun meaning “An epithet for Satan.”. Forms: des alten Drachen, die alte Drachen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des alten Drachen
- Plural: die alte Drachen

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ An epithet for Satan.
   - Trotz dem alten Drachen, trotz des Todes Rachen, trotz der Furcht darzu! Tobe Welt und springe, ich steh hier und singe in gar sichrer Ruh. — Despite the old dragon, despite the jaws of death, despite even [all] the fear! Rage, o world, and shatter: [for] I stand here and sing, quite secure in serenity.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alter, Drache.

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