ˈminēˌsiŋə(r), -nəˌ- noun
also min·ne·säng·er ˈminəˌzeŋ-
( plural minnesingers also minnesänger )
Etymology: German, from Middle High German minnesinger, minnesenger, from minne love (from Old High German minna ) + singer (fr singen to sing — from Old High German singan — + -er, from Old High German -āri -er) or senger singer, from sanc song, singing (from Old High German sang ) + -er — more at minikin , sing , song
: one of a class of aristocratic German lyric poets and musicians of the 12th to the 14th centuries inspired by the French troubadors and characterized by having love and beauty as the subject of their songs — compare meistersinger