Schwanengesang

== German == === Etymology === Schwan (“swan”) +‎ Gesang (“song”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːnənɡəˌzaŋ/ === Noun === Schwanengesang m (strong, genitive Schwanengesanges or Schwanengesangs, plural Schwanengesänge) swan song (a final performance) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schwanenjunges, Schwanenpaar, Schwanenhals Gesangslehrer, Abgesang, Kirchengesang, Chorgesang ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: лебедова песен (lebedova pesen) (calque) → Catalan: cant del cigne (calque) → Czech: labutí píseň (calque) → Danish: svanesang (calque) → Dutch: zwanenzang, zwanezang (superseded) (calque) → English: swan song, swansong, swan-song (calque) → Esperanto: cignokanto (calque) → Estonian: luigelaul (calque) → Finnish: joutsenlaulu (calque) → French: chant du cygne (calque) → Greek: κύκνειο άσμα (kýkneio ásma) (calque) → Hungarian: hattyúdal (calque) → Icelandic: svanasöngur (calque) → Italian: canto del cigno, m (calque) → Northern Sami: svanesång (calque) Norwegian: → Norwegian Bokmål: svanesang (calque) → Norwegian Nynorsk: svanesong (calque) → Pannonian Rusyn: лебедова писня (lebedova pisnja) (calque) → Polish: łabędzi śpiew (calque) → Portuguese: canto do cisne, canto de cisne, canto do cisne, canção do cisne, canção de cisne, canção de cisne (calque) → Romanian: cântecul lebedei (calque) → Russian: лебеди́ная пе́сня (lebedínaja pésnja) (calque) → Spanish: canto del cisne (calque) → Swedish: svanesång (calque) === Further reading === “Schwanengesang” in Duden online “Schwanengesang”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)