Zukunftsmusik

== German == === Etymology === Zukunft +‎ -s- +‎ Musik, “music of the future”. Initially coined as term of abuse for Richard Wagner's music by Ludwig Bischoff in the 1850s., the original sense being "music that will only find appreciation in the future". As a metaphor for non-musical plans and ideas, it occurs as early as the 1890s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːkʊnft͡smuˌziːk/ Hyphenation: Zu‧kunfts‧mu‧sik === Noun === Zukunftsmusik f (genitive Zukunftsmusik, no plural) pipe dream, pie in the sky (unrealistic aspiration or vision of the future, unlikely to come about in the foreseeable future) a matter up in the air, a matter for the future (a possible future plan or idea out of scope for planning focused on more immediate matters, without being unrealistic) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: toekomstmuziek (calque) === References === === Further reading === “Zukunftsmusik” in Duden online “Zukunftsmusik”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[6] (in German) Zukunftsmusik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Music of the Future on Wikipedia.Wikipedia