German

A former East Berliner (or East German) is known as an "Ossi" (from the German word for east, Ost), and a former West Berliner (or West German) is known as a "Wessi" (from the German word for west, West).

Before World War I, it embraced mainly German states (Germany, Austria ), non-German territories being an area of intended German penetration and domination – German leadership position was to be the natural result of economic dominance.

For instance, to learn the name of a new invention, or an obscure foreign species of plant, speakers of Bavarian German and East Franconian German might each consult a German dictionary or ask a German-speaking expert in the subject.

High German dialects City limits sign; this city is called Emlichheim in High German and Emmelkamp in Low German German dialects some quite distinct from the standard language are used in everyday speech, especially in rural regions.

Other examples include Surs. schuber 'clean' from Swiss German suuber, Surs. schumber 'drum' from Swiss German or Middle High German sumber, and Surs. schufar 'to drink greedily' from Swiss German suufe.

The German influence is likely because Estonian culture had many links with the German one at the time, and Kibuvits knew and translated German.

The German parliament on Friday replaced one of the German flags atop its Reichstag building – which usually has three German flags and one European Union flag – with a Ukrainian flag.

The U.S. and British had sought and achieved partial German surrenders, had kept German troops armed and ready, and had debriefed German commanders on lessons learned from their failure against the Russians.

Players will play as a Belgian nurse, a German living in France who is drafted into the German army, and the German's father-in-law who is drafted into the French army.

The announcement came in German, English and Bavarian - a German dialect so thick and heavily accented with local vernacular that even many native German speakers from other parts of the country have trouble understanding it.

The German delegation, established in Myanmar in 2014, works globally with German chambers of commerce and industry to help German companies establish and expand their businesses in foreign markets.

Despite their ever-diminishing numbers, the Lost Battalion held strong, creating enough distraction to the German troops for the Allies to break through German lines and force a German retreat.

Alleged German cover-up An article in 2012 in a front-page story of the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that much of the information pertaining to the mishandling of the massacre was covered up by the German authorities.

Alternative ending Ibsen's German agent felt that the original ending would not play well in German theatres; therefore, for it to be considered acceptable, Ibsen was forced to write an alternative ending for the German premiere.

At that time, German was the dominant lingua franca in Central and Eastern Europe, citation and Syldavians would be expected to have a better command of German than most other Central or Eastern Europeans, as their language is related to German.

Before World War I, in the German-speaking world, the term Mitteleuropa (from German: Middle Europe) was used to refer to an area larger than most conceptions of Central Europe, encompassing Switzerland and the other German-speaking countries.

For example, he learned German well enough to skip the course in scientific German in college, but could not remember the name of his high school German teacher.

German bow German-style bow The German bow (sometimes called the Butler bow) is the older of the two designs.

German nationality law defined 'German' on the basis of German ancestry, excluding all non-Germans from the people.

German suits main A 32-card German suited set using the Saxon pattern In the German pack, there are four colors, namely Acorns (Eichel), Leaves (Grün or Blatt), Hearts (Herz) and Bells (Schelle).