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German is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German is closely related to English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers and another 20 million non-native speakers, and Standard German is widely taught in schools and universities in Europe. Worldwide, German accounts for the most written translations into and from a language . German is the 4th most commonly spoken language in U.S. homes. More »
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in West-central Europe. It is bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Germany is a parliamentary federal republic of sixteen states . The capital city and seat of government is Berlin. As a nation-state, the country was unified amidst the... More »
German language
German is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German is closely related to English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers and another 20 million non-native speakers, and Standard German is widely taught in schools and universities in Europe. Worldwide, German accounts for the most written translations into and from a language . German is the 4th most commonly spoken language in U.S. homes. More »
Anschluss
The , also known as the , was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi regime. The events of March 12, 1938, marked the culmination of historical cross-national pressures to unify the German populations of Austria and Germany under one nation. However, the 1938 Anschluss, regardless of its popularity, was enacted by Germany. Earlier, Hitlerian Germany had provided support for the Austrian National Socialist Party in its bid to seize power from Austria's... More »
Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht was the name of the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. During World War II, the ''Wehrmacht'' consisted of the army , the navy , the air force , and—''de facto''—the ''Waffen SS''. More »
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of Old High German proper to 750 for this reason. There are, however, a number of Elder Futhark inscriptions dating to the 6th century , as well as single words and many names found in Latin texts... More »
Swiss German
''Swiss German'' is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are called Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein which are closely associated to Switzerland's. Linguistically, Swiss German forms no unity. The linguistic division of Alemannic is rather into Low, High and Highest Alemannic, varieties of all of which are spoken both inside and outside of Switzerland. More »
Loanword
A loanword is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. By contrast, a calque or loan translation is a related concept whereby it is the meaning or idiom that is borrowed rather than the lexical item itself. The word ''loanword'' is itself a calque of the German ''Lehnwort''. Loanwords can also be called, "borrowings." Words which a language inherits from an ancestral language from which it develops are not borrowed words. More »
Der Ring des Nibelungen
:''This article is about the series of operas; for the film, see Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King.'' ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'', commonly translated into English as ''The Ring of the Nibelung'', is a series of four epic music dramas based loosely on figures and elements of Germanic paganism, particularly from the sagas and the Nibelungenlied. It is often referred to as "The Ring Cycle", "Wagner's Ring", or simply "The Ring". Both the libretto and the music were written by Richard Wagner over the... More »
Rothschild
Rothschild is a German surname. Rothschild is a habitational name from a house distinguished with a red sign , the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century. The most notable family with this surname is the Mayer Amschel Rothschild family. This famous banking and wine family took its name from a house so marked in the Jewish quarter of Frankfurt-am-Main, but the name has also been adopted by many Ashkenazi Jews some unrelated to the family such as: *Paul Rothchild,... More »
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' is a conservative national German newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. The Sunday edition is the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung''. The FAZ has a circulation of over 380,000. The FAZ has the legal form of a GmbH. The independent ''FAZIT-Stiftung'' is its majority shareholder, and the paper itself does not depend on any political party or organisation. The FAZ runs its own correspondent network. More »
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