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The Left (German: Die Linke [diː ˈlɪŋkə]), commonly referred to as the Left Party (German: Die Linkspartei [diː ˈlɪŋkspaʁˌtaɪ] ⓘ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The ...
Langenscheidt's Compact German Dictionary: 1993, 2003 Reference work [3] Da Dartmouth College Department of German 2019 academic website [1] DW Deutsche Welle: 2015, 2020 Public broadcaster [4] [5] [6] T ThoughtCo, via Dotdash: 2020 Listicle [7] F FluentU, based on abkuerzungen.de : 2018 Blog [8]
Allemande, from a dancing manual of c. 1769. An allemande (allemanda, almain(e), or alman(d), French: "German (dance)") is a Renaissance and Baroque dance, and one of the most common instrumental dance styles in Baroque music, with examples by Couperin, Purcell, Bach and Handel.
A final allemande left, with their second corners, is finished when the members of the active couple are facing each other again. [ 2 ] Because moves within this figure begin and end in the middle of musical phrases, require a great deal of awareness of positioning, and are frequently unprompted by the caller after the figure's start, this can ...
The Duden dictionary, begun in 1880 and now in its 25th edition, is currently the prescriptive source for the spelling of Standard German. The official dictionary for Austrian Standard German, the Österreichisches Wörterbuch (ÖWB), is published by the Austrian Federal Government.
Except for the common sequences sch (/ʃ/), ch (allophone: /x/ or /ç/) and ck (/k/) the letter c appears only in loanwords or in proper nouns.In many loanwords, including most words of Latin origin, the letter c pronounced (/k/) has been replaced by k.
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The English term Germans is derived from the ethnonym Germani, which was used for Germanic peoples in ancient times. [7] [8] Since the early modern period, it has been the most common name for the Germans in English, being applied to any citizens, natives or inhabitants of Germany, regardless of whether they are considered to have German ethnicity.