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  2. Thursday - Wikipedia

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    "Thursday's Child" is a song by The Chameleons on Script of the Bridge (1983). "Outlook for Thursday" was a hit in New Zealand for Dave Dobbyn. Thursday (mixtape)" is the name of a mixtape by R&B artist The Weeknd released in 2011. "Thirsty" is a song by American pop band AJR that prominently features the lyrics 'Thirsty, thirsty Thursday' [24]

  3. Names of the days of the week - Wikipedia

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    The German Mittwoch, the Low German Middeweek, the miðviku-in Icelandic miðvikudagur and the Finnish keskiviikko all mean "mid-week". Thursday: Old English Þūnresdæg (pronounced [ˈθuːnrezdæj]), meaning ' Þunor 's day'. Þunor means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor.

  4. Public holidays in Germany - Wikipedia

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    Holy Thursday (in some states; in some of them beginning in the evening) Good Friday; Holy Saturday (in some states) Buß- und Bettag (where it is a public holiday and in a couple of other states) All Saints' Day (where it is a public holiday) All Souls' Day (in Lower Saxony and the Saarland) Volkstrauertag

  5. List of German abbreviations - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Carnival in Germany, Switzerland and Austria - Wikipedia

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    The festival starts on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, known in these regions as Schmutziger Donnerstag, Schmotziger Donnerstag, Schmutzige-Dunschdig or Fettdonnerstag. In standard German, schmutzig means "dirty", but actually the name is from Alemannic dialects where schmotz means "lard" , or "fat". [3]

  7. Why is it called Maundy Thursday? Learn about Good Friday ...

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    Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday meaning. The Last Supper, recognized on Holy Thursday, refers to the last meal Jesus ate with his disciples prior to his trial and crucifixion, around the time of ...

  8. Many who came to Germany as migrants will vote for the first ...

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    Logeen Faour Shahna, 24 years old, coming to Germany in 2015 from Syria, pose for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

  9. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...