Redensart

== German == === Etymology === From Reden +‎ -s +‎ Art, a calque of French façon de parler. Cognate to Low German Rädensoarten (plural). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Redensart f (genitive Redensart, plural Redensarten) a commonly used expression, sentence, or proverb Synonym: Spruch ==== Usage notes ==== Typically, a Redensart is something in between a Redewendung (“expression, idiom”) and a Sprichwort (“proverb”), meaning that it is a full sentence with little or no variation but does not express a particular wisdom or truth. For example, auf keine Kuhhaut gehen (“to be unbelievable”, literally “to be more than fits on a cow's skin”) is a Redewendung because it can be used freely in various sentences; whereas da brat mir doch einer 'n Storch (“that's unbelievable!”, literally “someone fry me a stork now!”) is a Redensart because it is used only in this sentence form. Neither of the two is a Sprichwort because there is no wisdom or morale. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== redensartlich ==== Related terms ==== Redewendung === Further reading === “Redensart”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Redensart” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Redensart” in Duden online