klagesang — meaning in English

English meaning

• threnody noun A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.

Senses

klagesang is used for these senses in English:

• jeremiad A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.
• threnody A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.

Related Norwegian words