ミンネ

noun

courtly love; knightly love

A medieval German concept of chivalric, often unrequited love of a knight for a noble lady. Used in historical or literary contexts.

from German Minne

• 中ちゅう世せいドイツ文ぶん学がくでは、ミンネは騎き士しの貴き婦ふ人じんへの憧あこがれとして描えがかれる。

  In medieval German literature, Minne is depicted as a knight's longing for a noble lady.