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This list of German abbreviations includes abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms found in the German language. Because German words can be famously long, use of abbreviation is particularly common. Even the language's shortest words are often abbreviated, such as the conjunction und (and) written just as "u." This article covers standard ...
Also in 1894, Novello published Three Songs from Anna-Magdalena Bach's Notebooks, among which "Bist du bei mir", with an English translation. [ 37 ] [ 72 ] A story about Bach's family life, published in the same year for a youthful audience, describes the aria as especially captivating among the songs and dances of the notebooks. [ 73 ]
German grammar distinguishes between über alles, i.e. above all else, and über alle[n], meaning "above everyone else". However, for propaganda purposes, the latter translation was endorsed by the Allies during World War I. [ 23 ]
German for B natural; B in German means B flat Hauptstimme (Ger.) Main voice, chief part (i.e. the contrapuntal line of primary importance, in opposition to Nebenstimme) hemiola (English, from Greek) The imposition of a pattern of rhythm or articulation other than that implied by the time signature; specifically, in triple time (for example in 3
Sauerkraut (also Kraut, which in German would mean cabbage in general)—fermented cabbage. Schnapps (German spelling: Schnaps)—a distilled alcoholic drink (hard liquor, booze). Schwarzbier—a dark lager beer. Seltzer—carbonated water, a genericized trademark that derives from the German town Selters, which is renowned for its mineral springs.
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
Austrian (but not German) nobility is forbidden to attach honorifics to themselves or demand them (but may attach them to family members). The equivalent of a Baron is called Freiherr (fem. Freifrau , fem. unmarried Freifräulein , which is rare, or its more usual abbreviation Freiin ), though some "Barone" exist with foreign (e. g. Russian ...
-bis, an IUPAC numerical multiplier for compound or complex features, meaning 2; A colloquial name for N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide; Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, in psychology; Behavioural Inhibition System, a brain-behavioral systems in reinforcement sensitivity theory; BIS monitor or bispectral index, to assess the depth of anaesthesia