Windhauch

== German == === Etymology === Wind (“wind”) +‎ Hauch (“breath from the mouth; breeze”). The sense of “vanity” is ultimately a loan translation of Hebrew הבל (hevel, “steam; breath; something vain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪntˌhaʊ̯x/ === Noun === Windhauch m (strong, genitive Windhauchs, no plural) slight breeze Synonyms: Brise, Luftzug (chiefly biblical) vanity; vanity of vanities (the futility of all earthly efforts, as in the philosophy of Ecclesiastes) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Windhauch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Windhauch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon