Tag Archives: German

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt: from Goethe to Sinatra

Posted 780 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

This lovely poem by Goethe was set to music by both Schubert and Tchaikovsky: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Weiß, was ich leide! Allein und abgetrennt Von aller Freude, Seh ich ans Firmament Nach jener Seite. Ach! der mich liebt …

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Express

Posted 803 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

In modern English, express is a verb meaning – broadly – to convey information, generally of a more personal nature, as well as an adjective meaning very fast. From the verb, we have formulas such as ‘expression of regret’, ‘self-expression’, …

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Verschlimmbessern

Posted 817 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Thanks to guest blogger Irene Boa for this post! This word is as German as it gets – first of all, it is pleasantly long and contains a satisfactory number of single and double consonants, secondly it reflects a tendency …

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ISO 639 language codes

Posted 1488 days ago by Colin Whiteley

You have probably seen 2-letter codes referring to languages, e.g. FR, EN, DE for French, English and German respectively. Such codes used to be rather arbitrary (GE or DE or German? DU or NL for Dutch? Is PO Polish or Portuguese, …

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(Deutsch) Ein weiterer Schritt der Evolution

Posted 1721 days ago by Colin Whiteley

Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch. Google+ profile

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