Definition of Walpurgisnacht in English:
Walpurgisnacht
noun valˈpʊrɡɪsnaxtvälˈpo͝orɡisˌnäKHt
German for Walpurgis night
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a combination of Walpurgisnacht imported from Germany, International Workers Day imported from France, and various fertility festivals imported from around Scandinavia.
- In the Harz mountains the night of the witches, the Walpurgisnacht, is a big event.
- The dark, claustrophobic opus, a tale of witch hunts and the German myth of Walpurgisnacht, has proven wildly divisive among the band's fans.
- Satanic holidays include Walpurgisnacht and Halloween, and the two Solstice and Equinoxes.
- Germans associate witches and devils with Walpurgisnacht, April 30th, but Walpurgis was an English nun.