German

Noun

Phantasie f ‎(genitive Phantasie, plural Phantasien)

1. fantasy
2. imagination

Declension

Derived terms

• phantasiebegabt
• Phantasiegebilde
• phantasielos
• phantasieren
• phantasievoll

English

Noun

phantasie ‎(plural phantasies)

1. Archaic spelling of fantasy.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act I, scene i:

     Is not this ſomthing more then phantaſie?

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: phantasient, phantasies

Verb

phantasie

1. first-person singular present indicative of phantasier
2. third-person singular present indicative of phantasier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of phantasier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of phantasier
5. second-person singular imperative of phantasier

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fantasie, with the ph- reinstated to reflect Latin phantasia and its Ancient Greek source φαντασία ‎(phantasía, “apparition”).

Noun

phantasie f (plural phantasies)

1. fantasy (that which comes from one's imagination)

Descendants

• French: fantaisie