" Windhauch , Windhauch " is a German equivalent of "vanity of vanities." The German noun is repeated twice, with the meaning of "(Nothing other than the) breath of wind,"
… in some translations of the biblical passage. That conjuring up of emptiness, of the fleeting nature of human existence is found in the word " vanitas " in the Latin version. A more literal translation of the German that is in line with other European equivalents is the word " Eitelkeit ." ------------------------------------------------ Eitelkeit der Eitelkeiten = Vanity of Vanities (MORE)