The meaning and origins of names are not always what they seem to be at first glance.German surnamesand place names often trace their roots back to old Germanic words that have changed their meaning or gone out
Uncommon German Last Names Baumann (German origin) means “farmer”. Bierhals (German origin) meaning “beer-throat”. Bierwagen (German origin) means “beer-cart”. Dietrich (German origin) means “people's ruler” Durchdenwald (German origin) meaning “through-the-forest”. ...
Norske Skog [company] Norwegian Forest 'Norwegian Forest' Phrasal PN in German and Norwegian are hybrid elements: semantically, they are referential like inherent PN; unlike inherent PN though, they have descriptive meaning similar to ordinary DPs (Lyons 1999, 21).1 Syntactically, PN in German ...
In south- ern Brazil, German migrants colonized several municipal- ities located in the Atlantic Forest; however, little is known of their relationship with this environment or of the origin of the Portuguese-German names used to recognize, use and manage plants and landscapes. The focus of ...
forester, forest ranger, forest supervisor, overseer of wood in a forest: Amtsjäger, Forestarius, Forstbeamter, Forstschutzbeamter, Förster, Forster, Forstner, Forstverwalter, Holzgraf, Holzgrefe, Holzvogt, Kreisser, Oberförster, Waldgrebe, Wehrmeister, Wildförster, Wittgrefe; forest gu...
During my first visit to Tabora in 1920, I discovered hidden in a loft of the Boma among amass of German documents, mostly eaten by rats and ants, secret instructions, issued in1916 by the last German Governor, that all the most valuable Government files should beburied in Tabora and oth...
der einen Nacht der Herrlichkeit. English Translation of "Advent" The wind in the winter white forest urges the snowflakes along like a shepherd, and many a fir tree senses how soon she holy and sacredly lighted will be, and so listens carefully. She extends her branches ...
’And off we went, there was a forest nearby.94While they were walking, the German sniper told him he was 35 and showed himpictures of his three children. Franciszek continued:“Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 27 July 1929,”Interna-tional ...
German names almost always do mean something, and this helps to deceive the student. I translated a passage one day, which said that "the infuriated tigress broke loose and utterly ate up the unfortunate fir forest" (Tannenwald). When I was girding up my loins to doubt this, I found ...
If properly wrapped, the freshly baked chocolate cake will last for about 1 to 2 days at normal room temperature. Wrap tightly with cling wrap or tin foil and refrigerate to extend the life of the cake. If you’re looking for other German Chocolate inspired recipes, check out myNo-Bake ...