German Proverbs... Vol. 2

German Proverbs... Vol. 2

Author: The Secret Libraries

Publisher:

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781985255289

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Proverb: A short, well-known pithy saying, stating a general truth or a piece of advice.Idioms and proverbs define cultures and are passed down through generations.Discover more about the people, their culture and their thoughts through their traditional sayings.This little book provides a selected collection of 111 traditional German proverbs.Have you ever had a conversation with a German where they use a strange saying to explain or react to a situation? It can be a great way to learn more about the native Germans by understanding their most popular sayings, so we have translated them and explained their meaning. And some of these are very interesting :)"Warum spielst du die beleidigte Leberwurst?"English Translation: Why are you playing the offended liver sausage?Meaning: Used when someone is throwing a tantrum or overreacts to something trivial."Die Kuh vom Eis holen."English Translation: Get the cow off the ice.Meaning: Escape a risky situation."Da steppt der B�r."English Translation: There steps the bear.Meaning: Do you have a good feeling about a party or place you're going to? Well this phrase is the perfect way to express your excitement (Sometimes used sarcastically)."Des Teufels liebstes M�belst�ck ist die lange Bank."English Translation: The devil's favorite piece of furniture is the long bench.Meaning: "Long bench" means putting off a task. Its bad to procrastinate / delay or postpone action._____________________________________________________Thank you for your purchase! We spent a long time building this book we hope you enjoy it. 'Proverbs...' is a new series from The SECRET Libraries - New 1st EDITION for 2018Related book subjects: (Book of Essential Native German/ Traditional/ Culture/ Idioms / Proverbs / Sayings/ Learn Germans/ Deutsche/ Deutschland)


Volume of German proverbs and idioms

Volume of German proverbs and idioms

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1776

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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One page containing three literary quotations on proverbs, followed by extensive list of German proverbs and idioms, numbered 4147-5952, some with citations or Latin translations. List of proverbs and idioms from other peoples ("Sprüchwörter anderer Völker"), numbered 1-46. Commentary on some proverbs ("Anmerkungen, welche manchen Sprüchwörtern ein größeres Licht geben"), numbered 1-125.


German Proverbs

German Proverbs

Author: Julie McDonald

Publisher:

Published: 2016-05-26

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780971702530

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"Just like German fairy tales, German proverbs are often phrased as moral lessons, reminders of the values important in the culture. A German proverb often says more than a thick book or a long lecture. German proverbs have always been philosophical, catechism for everyday life," according to author Lynn Hattery-Beyer. The book's cover is German folk art, with reproductions of wood blocks by Albrecht (Albert) Durer inside.


German-American Relations and German Culture in America

German-American Relations and German Culture in America

Author: Arthur R. Schultz

Publisher: Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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This "work is organized by subject. Materials are grouped under twelve main sections in the body of the work, with appropriate subdivisions and subtopics within each main subject. Each section is assigned a two-letter designation, and entries are numbered consecutively within each section. This subject code system was designed to facilitate referals from the Index to the main body of the text, and to allow for cross-referencing between sections."--Introduction.


Civic Storytelling

Civic Storytelling

Author: Florian Fuchs

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2023-05-23

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1942130759

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A deep history of storytelling as a civic agency, recalibrating literature’s political role for the twenty-first century Why did short narrative forms like the novella, fable, and fairy tale suddenly emerge around 1800 as genres symptomatic of literature’s role in life and society? In order to explain their rapid ascent to such importance, Florian Fuchs identifies an essential role of literature, a role traditionally performed within classical civic discourse of storytelling, by looking at new or updated forms of this civic practice in modernity. Fuchs's focus in this groundbreaking book is on the fate of topical speech, on what is exchanged between participants in argument or conversation as opposed to rhetorical speech, which emanates from and ensures political authority. He shows how after the decline of the Ars topica in the eighteenth century, various forms of literary speech took up the role of topical speech that Aristotle had originally identified. Thus, his book outlines a genealogy of various literary short forms—from fable, fairy tale, and novella to twenty-first century video storytelling—that attempted on both "high" and "low" levels of culture to exercise again the social function of topical speech. Some of the specific texts analyzed include the novellas of Theodor Storm and the novella-like lettre de cachet, proverbial fictions of Gustave Flaubert and Gottfried Keller, the fairy tale as rediscovered by Vladimir Propp and Walter Benjamin, the epiphanies of James Joyce, and the video narratives of Hito Steyerl.


German-American Folklore

German-American Folklore

Author: Mac E. Barrick

Publisher: August House Publishers

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Describes the folk art, home remedies, proverbs, and games of the Germanic culture in America.