Raunacht

== German == === Alternative forms === Rauhnacht (superseded) Rauchnacht === Etymology === Uncertain, often analyzed as rau(h) (“rough; hirsute”) +‎ Nacht (“night”) or obsolete rauch +‎ Nacht; less likely from Rauch (“incense”) +‎ Nacht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯ˌnaxt/ Hyphenation: Rau‧nacht === Noun === Raunacht f (genitive Raunacht, plural Raunächte) (European folklore, uncommon) Yule night, a night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, associated with pagan superstition, evil spirits and the Wild Hunt Synonym: Glöckelnacht ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== Wilde Jagd === Further reading === “Raunacht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Rau­näch­te” in Duden online Raunacht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de