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'Minnesinger' is a word borrowed from German 'minnesinger'. The word entered the English language some time around 1825.

minnesinger [noun] [1825]

Any of a class of German poets and musicians of the 12th to the 14th centuries

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Etymology: German, from Middle High German, from 'minne' love + 'singer' singer

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