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Jolantha Fries [1] (born 2 April 1970), known professionally as Deva Premal, is a German singer known for her performances of Sanskrit mantras. Her music is composed and produced with Prabhu Music. Her album Deva (2018) was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. [2] [3] [4]
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 ...
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 characterisation of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilisation and humanitarian values having ...
Droit du seigneur [a] ('right of the lord'), also known as jus primae noctis [b] ('right of the first night'), sometimes referred to as prima nocta [c], was a supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with any female subject, particularly on her wedding night.
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.
Prima Vera, a 1917 German silent film starring Erna Morena; Primavera, a 2015 Argentine film by Santiago Giralt with Mike Amigorena and Moria Casán; Primavera, a 1987 Venezuelan telenovela "Primavera" (Hannibal), an episode of the television series Hannibal
Primus inter pares is a Latin phrase meaning first among equals. [ a ] It is typically used as an honorary title for someone who is formally equal to other members of their group but is accorded unofficial respect, traditionally owing to their seniority in office.
The German dictionary Duden recommends capitalizing the prefix von at the beginning of the sentence, but not in its abbreviated form, in order to avoid confusion with an abbreviated first name. However the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung style guide recommends omitting the von completely at the beginning of the sentence.