Halsbandaffäre

== German == === Etymology === From Halsband +‎ Affäre, a calque of French L'affaire du collier. Later applied to the Islamic episode in Orientalist literature because Aisha explained her absence from the Muslim caravan with her search for a necklace she had lost. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Halsbandaffäre f (genitive Halsbandaffäre, plural Halsbandaffären) an affair involving a necklace, in particular: the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an 18th-century scandal at the royal court of France (Islam) an affair in which Aisha, one of Muhammad’s wives, was accused of adultery ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Halsbandaffäre on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de