🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

das Königreich kommen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: das Königreich kommen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kingdom-Come/ˈkɪŋ.dəm.kʌm/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er wird warten, bis das Königreich kommt."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A phrase referring to the end of the world or a time far in the future.

    "He promised to finish the project before kingdom come."
  2. 2

    An indefinite or unspecified time in the future.

    "They will be waiting for kingdom come if they don't take action now."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'kingdom come' originates from the biblical phrase 'Thy kingdom come' found in the Lord's Prayer, which dates back to the 1st century AD. It has evolved to signify the end of the world or a distant future, often used in a hyperbolic sense to denote an indefinite time period.

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