Oktober

m; -(s), -, meist Sg.; October; April

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der Oktober

October

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Ok|to|ber [ɔk'toːbɐ]

m -(s), -

October

See:

→ auch März

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der

(the tenth month of the year, the month following September.) October

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Ok·to·ber

<-s, ->

[ɔkˈto:bɐ]

m October; s.a. Februar

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der; Oktober[s], Oktober: October; s. auch April

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Oktoberfest

Germany's most famous beer festival (the Munich October festival) actually starts each year in September. Over five million litres of beer are drunk over a period of 16 days. The Oktoberfest goes back to the year 1810, when the Bavarian crown prince and later King Ludwig I married Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. A horse race was organized in honour of the couple on the Theresienwiese (Therese's meadow, named after the bride), and almost the entire population of Munich joined in the celebrations. The party was such a success that it became an annual event. Today the Wies'n (meadow), as the locals call the Oktoberfest, looks more like a giant fairground with huge marquees in which the big breweries set up beer halls for visitors to drink many a Maß, eat Weißwurst, Schweinshaxe (pork knuckles) and giant Brezen while listening and singing along to Bavarian music

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Oktober m; -(s), -, meist sg; October; → April

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der; Oktober[s], Oktober: October; s. auch April

•• Cultural note:

Oktoberfest

Germany's most famous beer festival (the Munich October festival) actually starts each year in September. Over five million litres of beer are drunk over a period of 16 days. The Oktoberfest goes back to the year 1810, when the Bavarian crown prince and later King Ludwig I married Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. A horse race was organized in honour of the couple on the Theresienwiese (Therese's meadow, named after the bride), and almost the entire population of Munich joined in the celebrations. The party was such a success that it became an annual event. Today the Wies'n (meadow), as the locals call the Oktoberfest, looks more like a giant fairground with huge marquees in which the big breweries set up beer halls for visitors to drink many a Maß, eat Weißwurst, Schweinshaxe (pork knuckles) and giant Brezen while listening and singing along to Bavarian music

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October n.