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von. The term von ( [fɔn] ⓘ) is used in German surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means 'of' or 'from' . Nobility directories like the Almanach de Gotha often abbreviate the noble term von to v. In medieval or early modern names, the von particle was at ...
Servus, and various local variants thereof, is a salutation used in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. It is a word of greeting or parting like the Italian ciao (which also comes from the slave meaning through Venetian s'ciavo ). [1] The salutation is spelled servus in German, [2] Bavarian, Slovak, [3] Romanian [4] and Czech. [5]
t. e. Herzog ( pronounced [ˈhɛʁtsoːk] ⓘ; feminine Herzogin [ˈhɛʁtsoːɡɪn] ⓘ; masculine plural Herzöge; feminine plural Herzoginnen) is a German hereditary title held by one who rules a territorial duchy, exercises feudal authority over an estate called a duchy, or possesses a right by law or tradition to be referred to by the ...
Poep is a term used in the northern eastern part of The Netherlands, in the province of Drenthe, referring to a German from nearby Westphalia. It is said that the etymological reference points to the German word Bube (=boy) yet this is unconfirmed. A blaaspoep is a German playing a brass instrument.
Middle High German(MHG; German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of Germanspoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High Germanand into Early New High German. High Germanis defined as those varieties of German which were affected by the Second Sound Shift; the ...
The Panther (poem) Artists at the Jardin des Plantes. " The Panther " (subtitled: " In Jardin des Plantes, Paris "; German: Der Panther: Im Jardin des Plantes, Paris) is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke written between 1902 and 1903. [1] It describes a captured panther behind bars, as it was exhibited in the Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes in ...
Moin, moi or mojn is a Low German, Frisian, High German (moin [moin] or Moin, [Moin]), Danish (mojn) (mòjn) greeting from East Frisia, Northern Germany, the eastern and northern Netherlands, Southern Jutland in Denmark and parts of Kashubia in northern Poland. It means "hello" and, in some places, "goodbye" too.
Über (German pronunciation: ⓘ, sometimes written uber / ˈ uː b ər / in English-language publications) is a German language word meaning "over", "above" or "across". It is an etymological twin with German ober, and is a cognate (through Proto-Germanic) with English over, Dutch over, Swedish över and Icelandic yfir, among other Germanic languages; it is a distant cognate to the Sanskrit ...