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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]
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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.
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.
Allemande left with your left hand. / Back to the partner for a right and left grand. or Ace of diamonds, Jack of spades / Meet your partner and all promenade. The square dance calls are underlined; all the rest is patter. Many callers spend time inventing their own unique patter or variants on common patter.
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 ...
In a dictionary Ärzte comes after Arzt, but in some dictionaries Ärzte and all other words starting with Ä may occur after all words starting with A. In some older dictionaries or indexes, initial Sch and St are treated as separate letters and are listed as separate entries after S , but they are usually treated as S+C+H and S+T.
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.