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Ju⋅gend⋅stil

  [yoo-guhnt-shteel]
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–noun (sometimes lowercase)
art nouveau as practiced in German-speaking countries.
Origin:
1925–30; < G, equiv. to Jugend youth + Stil style
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Ju·gend·stil   (yōō'gənt-shtēl')   
n.  A style of architecture and decorative art similar to art nouveau, popular in German-speaking areas of Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[German : Jugend, youth + Stil, style.]
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Jugendstil 
Ger. equivalent of art nouveau, from "Jugend," lit. "youth," name of a Ger. magazine begun in 1896 + stil "style."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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