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Can mean either the road structure or a ship's command center, also the supporting framework that existed below the bird-like monoplane wings of the earlier examples of the Etrich Taube before World War I. Brückenleger – bridgelayer. Brummbär – "grumbling bear"; a children's word for "bear" in German. It was the nickname for a heavy ...
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 ...
Cullinan (surname), a surname; Rolls-Royce Cullinan, an ultra-luxury SUV produced by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars; Cullinan, Gauteng, a small town in South Africa; Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found; Cullinan Finance, an SIV (structured investment vehicle) run by HSBC; The Cullinan, a residential estate in Hong Kong
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 ...
Cullinan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alphonsus Cullinan (born 1959), Irish bishop; Cormac Cullinan (fl. 1990s-present), South African attorney and author; Daryll Cullinan (born 1967), South African cricketer; Edward Cullinan (1931–2019), British architect; Joseph S. Cullinan (1860–1937), US oil industrialist
Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge front Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge rear. The Black Cullinan is a special edition of the Cullinan which is performance based. Its exterior features are painted black (including the Spirit of Ecstasy) and its Interior consists of carbon fibre applications. The leather used in the interior is black and borders ...
In modern German, the Old and Middle High German z is now represented by either ss , ß , or, if there are no related forms in which [s] occurs intervocalically, with s : messen (Middle High German: mezzen), Straße (Middle High German: strâze), and was (Middle High German: waz). [29]
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.