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Klaus Laser (1942–2020), German actor; Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor; Klaus Mäkelä, (born 1996) Finnish conductor and cellist; Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock band Scorpions; Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German singer; Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German entertainer; Klaus Ofczarek (1939–2020), Austrian ...
In recent years, however, many English words have been borrowed directly from German. Typically, English spellings of German loanwords suppress any umlauts (the superscript, double-dot diacritic in Ä, Ö, Ü, ä, ö, and ü) of the original word or replace the umlaut letters with Ae, Oe, Ue, ae, oe, ue, respectively (as is done commonly in ...
Before 1906, the name was fairly uncommon elsewhere in English-speaking countries, but it gained some recognition after George Bernard Shaw used it for the main female character in The Doctor's Dilemma. Jennifer became the most common spelling of the name from the 20th century. [4]
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
Rudolf Scharping, German politician (SPD) and sports official who served as 12th Minister of Defence of Germany; Rudolf Seiters, German politician of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party; Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan; Rudolf "Rudi" Vis, Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament
Liechtenstein (/ ˈ l ɪ k t ən s t aɪ n / ⓘ, LIK-tən-styne; [13] German: [ˈlɪçtn̩ʃtaɪn] ⓘ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein, [ˈfʏʁstn̩tuːm ˈlɪçtn̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n] ⓘ), [14] is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south ...
Gretchen (German: [ˈɡʁeːtçən] ⓘ, English: / ˈ ɡ r ɛ tʃ ən / GRETCH-ən; literal translation: "Little Grete" or "Little Greta") is a female given name of German origin that, stand-alone, is most prevalent in the United States. Its popularity increased because a major character in Goethe's Faust (1808) has this name.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Masculine given name For a list of people with the given name, see List of people with given name Michael. For other uses, see Michael (disambiguation). Michael Archangel Michael Pronunciation German: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl, -ʔɛl] Gender Male Origin Word/name Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל ...