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- any word that modifies any other part of language: verbs, adjectives (including ... *In Dutch and German, adverbs have the basic form of their corresponding ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 23:31, 17 December 2022
- physical and intellectual education, the German gymnasium school developed ... used as the main admissions criterion for German universities. Today, however ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- the translation of his works into German. Hemsterhuis' ideas ... contributed to his reputation among German intellectuals and encouraged ...8 KB (1,207 words) - 04:59, 9 April 2024
- Karl Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a ... attained the significance of such central German literary figures as Johann ...8 KB (1,221 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- June 9, 1775 – December 15, 1853), was a German teacher, archaeologist, and ... of a society for investigating the German language in 1817. In 1821, he ...9 KB (1,297 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- German New Guinea (Ger. Deutsch-Neuguinea) was a former German protectorate ... confiscated by the victors of World War I German colonies never engaged in ...15 KB (2,339 words) - 22:48, 4 December 2022
- Comparative law (French: droit comparé, German: Rechtsvergleichung ... * The German group * The Scandinavian group (comprising the laws of ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- The German colonial empire was an overseas area formed in the late ... use of death camps during the revolt in German West Africa 1904-1905 and ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- the agency was suppressed during German occupation in the Second ... news in French, English, Arabic, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Russian ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- Nieder-Siegersdorf, Niederschlesien) was a German philosopher born of Jewish ... “Maimon.” Later, he learned some German from books and walked all ...7 KB (1,116 words) - 01:01, 4 February 2023
- interest in the inter-connections among language, thinking, and culture. ... amongst themselves, so Edward learned both German and the language of his parents ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- May 1525) was an early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader ... him and invitations to preach in Latin and German in the University chapels ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- to seek a viable partnership as the German navy and army continued to ... the Alexander von Battenberg affair, German Chancellor Bismarck tried ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- Reformation. It was written in both German and Latin, and was presented ... issued letters from Bologna, inviting the German diet to meet in Augsburg ...11 KB (1,732 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- Ernst Curtius (September 2, 1814 – July 11, 1896), was a German ... of Greek history published in the German language, and was presented in ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- Erich Honecker (August 25, 1912 – May 29, 1994) was an East German ... After German re-unification, Honecker first fled to the Soviet Union ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, and co-winner ... founded the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft (German Peace Society) with her. ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 07:20, 20 July 2023
- Grimm collected orally transmitted German tales and published the first ... a standardized "modern" German language since Martin Luther ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- of the North, was a philosopher of the German Enlightenment. He was a fideist ... Lay Styles (Volume III in the English language translation of The Glory ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 14:40, 1 August 2022
- (March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829) was a German poet, critic and scholar ... Schlegel’s Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier (On the Language ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German ... of the romantic enthusiasm for old German art. In 1798, Tieck married ...10 KB (1,394 words) - 02:39, 5 November 2022
- "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled ... Gothel," a common term for a godmother in German. Maria Tatar ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- "Deutsch" refers to their German language. Hex signs are a type ... quot; derives from the Pennsylvanian German word, Hex (German Hexe), ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- Nelly Sachs, (December 10, 1891 – May 12, 1970) was a German poet ... translations between Swedish and German. ===After the war=== ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- The term Nix comes from the Old High German Nichus, which became nickes ... and Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld were two German artists who painted many ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- one of the first Japanese to study the German language and German philosophy ... was one of the first Japanese to study German language and German philosophy. ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 17:14, 5 October 2022
- of Philosophy, and studied Hungarian and German languages and literature ... was Viennese Classical music and the language spoken by educated Hungarians ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- German idealism was a philosophical movement in Germany in the late ... Kant's contemporary Jacobi was a German idealist who wrote the well ...23 KB (3,260 words) - 07:38, 24 January 2023
- 20, 1898) was a nineteenth century German novelist and poet. He was ... contact with many of the most renowned German writers such as Theodor Storm ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 17:55, 30 April 2023
- copies were made in Russian, Polish, Czech and German. ==Members== ... Pact on October 3, 1990, the date of German reunification. ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 22:57, 3 May 2023
- official biographer. As the first English-language practitioner of psychoanalysis ... His extensive reading of French and German literature in this area aroused ...11 KB (1,522 words) - 01:05, 7 September 2023
- published between 1502 and 1504. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller ... to mapmakers. Martin Waldseemuller, a German carographer, was one of the ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- have been influenced by his unique style and language. His contribution to the renewal of the language contributed greatly to all ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 20:00, 21 April 2023
- English. There were also translations into German, Dutch, Spanish and Czech ... the first one in 1473, in Latin and German, and with a metrical summary ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- 22, 1729 – February 15, 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, publicist ... years as a dramaturge and adviser at the German National Theatre in Hamburg ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 06:09, 31 December 2022
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (May 19, 1762 - January 27, 1814) was a German ... human race” and the greatness of the German language (previously replaced ...16 KB (2,518 words) - 14:42, 1 August 2022
- in the West when it was translated into German as "Das Geheimnis der ... in the West when it was translated into German as "Das Geheimnis der ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- Feldspar is derived from the German Feld (field) and Spat (a rock that does not contain ore). "Feldspathic" refers to materials that ...5 KB (690 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- visible. Lester taught himself Latin, Greek, German, Russian, Japanese, and Hebrew. After his family moved to Myersburg, Pennsylvania, Ward started working ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- the nineteenth century, when it came under German control—apart from the ... the Basters two to one). Whites of Dutch, German, British, French, and Portuguese ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- 25, 1744 – December 18, 1803) was a German philosopher, poet, critic ... lack of understanding about the role of language in human thought. Herder ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- (July 2, 1724 – March 14, 1803) was a German epic and lyric poet. His ... wrote some meritorious idylls and odes in German. His original intention to ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 11:03, 11 April 2024
- #039; in later philosophers. The great German metaphysician Leibniz (1646 ... entelechies is found in the works of the German embryologist Hans Driesch ...6 KB (836 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- Imitation of Christ is a writing of the mystical German-Dutch school ... appeared at Toulouse in 1488. The earliest German translation was made in 1434 ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- of the Austrian School and the German Historical school of economics ... in the 1870s and 1880s. At that time, the German-speaking world was engaged ...9 KB (1,331 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- Lebensraum (German for "habitat" or literally "living ... |right|250px|"Lebensraum" (German for "living space ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 18:49, 25 October 2022
- translated from originally Palatine German and other Southwest German ... Rumspringa is a Pennsylvania German noun meaning "running around ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 18:14, 22 December 2022
- German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October ... of the Soviet Union, urged the East German government to embrace change ...20 KB (3,005 words) - 09:18, 5 December 2022
- Karl Ernst Haushofer (August 27, 1869 – March 13, 1946) was a German ... By 1924, as the leader of the German geopolitik (geopolitics) school ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- the reformation of the Russian literary language, preferring the easy style ... essays by foreign writers into his native language. He also met Jakob Michael ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 04:13, 15 November 2022
- with enthusiasm. When the central German government suppressed these ... rejeced the positivist treatment of language in general and, in particular ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- 17, 1856) was one of the most significant German poets of the nineteenth century ... verses ever rendered in the German language. These poems were collected ...13 KB (2,100 words) - 08:29, 21 January 2024
- ironic novels dealt with the aftermath of German militarism during the first ... simple style made him a favorite for German-language textbooks. ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 15:15, 25 January 2023
- War II, Ingarden switched from writing in German to writing in Polish, as ... Art, was first published (1926; 1931, in German), followed by The Cognition ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 04:50, 16 December 2022
- Sirens were an influence, in the English language, Siren and mermaid are not ... Sirens are sometimes considered to be the forerunners of the German ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- Moses Mendelssohn (September 6, 1729 – January 4, 1786) was a German ... called Haskalah; Jews learned the German language and culture and developed ...14 KB (2,061 words) - 16:58, 10 November 2022
- written their initial tempo marking in some other language. ... Although Italian has been the prevalent language for tempo markings ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- Religious or spiritual enlightenment (German: Erleuchtung) and secular ... The German word "Unmündigkeit" means not having attained ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- Estonian literature refers to literature written in the Estonian language ... The first known printed book is a bilingual German-Estonian translation ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 23:59, 18 March 2022
- dwarves were assimilated into Dutch and German tradition. What is known ... burrows, never teach non-gnomes their language, and appear only when they ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- Dutch it appears as dwerg; in Old High German it is twerg, while in Middle ... Although dwarrow has passed from the language, both "dwarfs" ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- read several other languages, including German and Dutch. He was a prolific ... to the continent and widely read Dutch and German folk tales. The pieces for ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- (July 26, 1855 – April 9, 1936) was a German sociologist. He was a major ... From 1909 to 1933 he was president of the German Sociological Society ...9 KB (1,356 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- Germany and met several distinguished German scholars, including Albrecht ... his next Britannica article, Hebrew Language and Literature, in which ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 10:46, 12 May 2023
- he used his knowledge of French and German to translate fables, later ... Danish playwright Holberg, whom he read in German, and some of whose plays ...7 KB (1,096 words) - 02:31, 25 August 2020
- quot;) is a translation of the old German word Strahlstein (radiated stone). Glaucophane, crocidolite, riebeckite and arfvedsonite form a somewhat ...6 KB (934 words) - 17:24, 26 July 2023
- experience. It also elevated folk art, language and custom, as well as arguing ... Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language, written in the musical ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
- There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ... to provide paraphrased Gospel versions in language closer to the vernacular ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Wilhelm Schmidt (February 16, 1868 – February 10, 1954) was a German ... languages, connected to the Austronesian language group. Schmidt managed to ...10 KB (1,397 words) - 12:00, 5 May 2023
- tutor, Herr Otto Kuntze, who taught him German and interested him in German ... of the "Bayreuth Circle" of German nationalist intellectuals. ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- level of precision in his use of language. Moreover, like all the ... The German-language title is a pun on the phrase Mann mit Eigenschaften—literally ...18 KB (2,958 words) - 01:45, 16 December 2022
- be applied both synchronically, to a language as it exists, and diachronically ... A diverse group of Czech, Russian, Ukrainian, and German scholars ...16 KB (2,265 words) - 22:11, 30 November 2022
- nineteenth century writings of Russian and German authors. Some famous and ... In the English language, the earliest well-known example of novella ...11 KB (1,596 words) - 14:27, 20 July 2023
- in the face of territorial demands made by German dictator Adolf Hitler. The ... Germans had attempted to prevent the German-language border areas that had ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 18:57, 10 November 2022
- trying to "break apart" the German language, and as his style matured ... poetry either to destroy or remake the German language. The urgency and power ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:50, 21 November 2022
- for eleven years, he was joined by the German Franciscan Arnold of Cologne ... he familiarized himself with the native language, preached in it, and translated ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- were difficult to express in ordinary language by using symbols such as ... York City, to Antonio Knauth, a well-to-do German immigrant lawyer, and Else ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- In January 1943, the German troops tried to enter the ghetto to round ... that Polish troops would restrain the German advance. His plans were altered ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 21:21, 9 November 2022
- 25, 1801), was one of the earliest of the German Romantics. Although Novalis ... Novalis descended from ancient, Low German nobility. In the different ...20 KB (3,018 words) - 22:15, 16 November 2022
- The Q document or Q (from the German Quelle, "source") is ... source is referred to as Q (from the German "Quelle" meaning ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- Karl Richard Lepsius (December 23, 1810 – July 10, 1884) was a German ... work on the decipherment of the Egyptian language. Lepsius also visited Egyptian ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- In SI units, the unit of frequency is hertz (Hz), named after the ... frequency of a human heart (Herz in German language). This unit was ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- The Final Solution of the Jewish Question (German: Die Endlösung ... should have sympathy rather with our own German people. If the German people ...14 KB (2,250 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- writings. Krochmal then proceeded to study German and German philosophers, especially Immanuel Kant; to read Latin and French classics and Arabic ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- 10, 1715 – October 18, 1775) was a German philosopher and theologian ... important works, originally written in German, appeared in the 1740s: Advice ...10 KB (1,478 words) - 17:58, 10 December 2023
- would remove "war" from human language. Schuman's contribution ... of Elsaß-Lothringen), he became a German citizen. Robert's mother ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- referred to as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher, ... between God and Godhead (Gottheit in German). These notions had been ...18 KB (2,801 words) - 04:17, 9 November 2022
- under Austrian rule dreaded growing German nationalism, which is what ... the Slavic lands against the increasing German nationalism. Advocated by ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- VKhUTEMAS was closely parallel to the German Bauhaus in its intent ... Impressed by the photomontage of the German Dadaists, Rodchenko began ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- ) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic ... Despite being a German-language writer, Canetti settled in Britain ...17 KB (2,352 words) - 21:30, 5 September 2023
- linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish ... Tyndale introduced new words into the English language: ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- elites from the West generally spoke French or German. On arriving into some villages dressed appropriately and singing and dancing, putting into practice ...11 KB (1,586 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- Norbert Elias (June 22, 1897 - August 1, 1990) was a German sociologist ... After passing the abitur in 1915, he volunteered for the German army ...13 KB (1,741 words) - 02:41, 16 November 2022
- of the paper, translated it into German himself and submitted it ... #039;s theory of General Relativity from German to English. It is said that ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 17:03, 23 December 2022
- them. In order to study them more closely, German scholar J.J. Griesbach (1776 ... termed by scholars "Q" (from German: Quelle, meaning "source ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- While his governess taught him Russian, German, French, and geography, he ... return to her, but when his sister's German maid turned up without the ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- return, he devoted himself to the study of German idealism, and developed a ... Dongwen Xueshe (東文學社), a Japanese language teaching school, where he ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2023
- of the skull") is the English-language name given to the hill on ... 'Hebrew', indicating the 'language of the Hebrews', which ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875 – December 29, 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest twentieth century poet ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 00:08, 8 December 2022
- During this period he became interested in German philosophy, especially the ... Its words have given the English language the metaphor of an albatross ...13 KB (2,014 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
