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German cultural artifacts, especially foods, have spread to English-speaking nations and often are identified either by their original German names or by German-sounding English names. Developments and discoveries in German-speaking nations in science, scholarship, and classical music have led to German words for new concepts, which have been ...
There are many terms for the Germans. In English the demonym, or noun, is German. During the early Renaissance, "German" implied that the person spoke German as a native language. Until the German unification, people living in what is now Germany were named for the region in which they lived: examples are Bavarians and Brandenburgers.
Miners' greeting Glückauf with hammer and pick symbol above the entrance of an old mine building in the southern Ruhr Glück Auf: motto in the coat of arms of the mining town of Tsumeb, Namibia. Glückauf (alternative spelling Glück auf; also, as an exclamation: Glück auf!) is the traditional German miners' greeting.
The next time you greet someone, take a moment to use one of these thoughtful approaches. They demonstrate genuine care that makes people feel respected, understood and truly connected.
It is a word of greeting or parting like the Italian ciao (which also comes from the slave meaning through Venetian s'ciavo). [1] The salutation is spelled servus in German, [2] Bavarian, Slovak, [3] Romanian [4] and Czech. [5] In Rusyn and Ukrainian it is spelled сервус, in the Cyrillic alphabet.
The way politeness is expressed varies greatly with language and region. For example, addressing a person with an honorific or title may be expected in some languages, but seen as intrusive or too formal in others. In many parts of Europe, using someone's first name also denotes a certain level of friendship.
The expression grüß Gott (German pronunciation: [fix this]; from grüß dich Gott, originally '(may) God bless (you)') [1] is a greeting, less often a farewell, in Southern Germany and Austria (more specifically the Upper German Sprachraum, especially in Bavaria, Franconia, Swabia, Austria, and South Tyrol).
Today's Wordle Answer for #1269 on Monday, December 9, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Monday, December 9, 2024, is FLUNG. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.