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Karabiner (from Karabinerhaken; can also mean a Carbine firearm in German), snaplink, a metal loop with a sprung or screwed gate, used in climbing and mountaineering; translates to "riflehook". Kutte (literally 'frock' or 'cowl, monk's habit'), a type of (cut-off) vest made out of denim or leather and traditionally worn by bikers, metalheads ...
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 ...
The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English. Those Germanic words listed below with a Frankish source mostly came into English through Anglo-Norman, and so despite ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic, came to English through a Romance ...
einher - hand in hand; einigermaßen - to some extent; einigung - agreement; Einkommensteuer - income tax; Einladung - invitation; einlassen - let in; einlaufenden Ergebnisse - incoming results; einlösen - redeem; einmal - once; Einmalig - unique; einmalige - one-time; einmalzahlung - one-time payment; einmischt - interferes; Einordnung ...
العربية; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Brezhoneg; Čeština; Cymraeg; Dansk; Español
literally translated means 'with a strong hand', often quoted as 'by strength of hand' Motto of the Clan McKay manu militari: with a military hand: Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal manu propria (m.p.) with one's own hand: With the implication of "signed by one's hand".
Bilderbuch ("picture-book"): a starting hand comprising just court cards (Kings, Queens and Jacks or Kings, Obers and Unters). A successful solo game is impossible with such a hand. blank (1): a singleton, i.e. a single card of one suit in one's hand. blank (2): to be void i.e. have no cards of a particular suit in one's hand.
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 ...