Jonathan wrote: "Perhaps if someone knows the reign of this particular Kaiser, that could help date the book..." This is not just "a particular Kaiser", this is _The_ Kaiser Franz Joseph who reigned t

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Jonathan wrote: "Perhaps if someone knows the reign of this particular Kaiser, that could help date the book..." This is not just "a particular Kaiser", this is _The_ Kaiser Franz Joseph who reigned t

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Alexander expressed curiosity in German and Austrian Kaisers: "Kaiser" is German, "emperor" is the English word for "Kaiser" "imperator" is the Latin word for German "Kaiser" and English "emperor". Pe

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Alexander expressed curiosity in German and Austrian Kaisers: "Kaiser" is German, "emperor" is the English word for "Kaiser" "imperator" is the Latin word for German "Kaiser" and English "emperor". Pe

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Thomas Weiss wrote: "The thing that bothers me is that the word ``recte'' is not in my German-English dictionary (Oxford-Duden --- 260,000 words and phrases) and the German word for right/correct is `

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Thomas Weiss wrote: "The thing that bothers me is that the word ``recte'' is not in my German-English dictionary (Oxford-Duden --- 260,000 words and phrases) and the German word for right/correct is `

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Lorraine wrote: ""The word "konfessionslos" intrigues me - I wonder if he was baptised/converted??"" "Konfessionslos" means "no religion", i.e. he must have left the religion but not declared adherenc

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Lorraine wrote: ""The word "konfessionslos" intrigues me - I wonder if he was baptised/converted??"" "Konfessionslos" means "no religion", i.e. he must have left the religion but not declared adherenc

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There have been various responses to the original question of Ken Lang that have led to some terminological mix-up. I will try to provide a short explanation: 1. ""High German" is the official, standa

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There have been various responses to the original question of Ken Lang that have led to some terminological mix-up. I will try to provide a short explanation: 1. ""High German" is the official, standa

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In the new publisher's catalogue for the year 2000 of the German publisher "iudicium verlag" (Munich) I found the following book announced which may be of special interest to the Shanghai researchers:

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In the new publisher's catalogue for the year 2000 of the German publisher "iudicium verlag" (Munich) I found the following book announced which may be of special interest to the Shanghai researchers:

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On February 2, 2000 at 22.50 Central European Time the regional TV station for the German states of Saxony and Sachsen-Anhalt MDR will show the film "The Photographer" ("Der Fotograf"). The preview th

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On February 2, 2000 at 22.50 Central European Time the regional TV station for the German states of Saxony and Sachsen-Anhalt MDR will show the film "The Photographer" ("Der Fotograf"). The preview th

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Denise wrote: "I found a Leib ZWIRNBAUM, on the Hamburg site. It says his country of origin is "Rubland". The B is in Cyrillic, I think. It doesn't look like the B in the English alphabet. Does anyone

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Denise wrote: "I found a Leib ZWIRNBAUM, on the Hamburg site. It says his country of origin is "Rubland". The B is in Cyrillic, I think. It doesn't look like the B in the English alphabet. Does anyone

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Ellen wrote: "I doubt that your grandmother's move had to do with Nazism: although Hitler became politically active in 1920, he wasn't offered the Vice- Chancellorship of Germany until 1932." Hitler b

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Ellen wrote: "I doubt that your grandmother's move had to do with Nazism: although Hitler became politically active in 1920, he wasn't offered the Vice- Chancellorship of Germany until 1932." Hitler b

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David asked: Subject: what kind of name is SZMETERLING? "Schmetterling" (spelled like that in Modern German) is the German word for butterfly. Hope that helps, Fritz Neubauer

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David asked: Subject: what kind of name is SZMETERLING? "Schmetterling" (spelled like that in Modern German) is the German word for butterfly. Hope that helps, Fritz Neubauer

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