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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 ...
t. e. Schadenfreude ( / ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another. It is a borrowed word from German; the English word for it is ...
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 ...
The German noun Volk ( German pronunciation: [fɔlk]) translates to people, both uncountable in the sense of people as in a crowd, and countable (plural Völker) in the sense of a people as in an ethnic group or nation (compare the English term folk ). Within an English-language context, the German word is of interest primarily for its use in ...
Reich. Reich ( / ˈraɪk /; [1] German: [ˈʁaɪç] ⓘ) is a German noun whose meaning is analogous to the English word "realm"; this is not to be confused with the German adjective "reich" which means "rich". The terms Kaiserreich ( German: [ˈkaɪ̯zɐˌʁaɪ̯ç] ⓘ, literally the "realm of an emperor") and Königreich ( German ...
Sehnsucht (1997) is the title of the second album, and title track of that album, by the German metal band Rammstein. Sehnsucht (2009) is the title of an album by the German gothic metal band Lacrimosa. In 2011, the film director Badran Roy Badran treated the concept of Sehnsucht in his feature film A Play Entitled Sehnsucht. [9] [10]
Weltschmerz. Engraving by Jusepe de Ribera depicting the melancholic and world-weary figure of a poet. Weltschmerz ( German: [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts] ⓘ; literally "world-pain") is a literary concept describing the feeling experienced by an individual who believes that reality can never satisfy the expectations of the mind, [1] [2] resulting in "a ...
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]