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Schwitters in a sentence

Using Schwitters

  • In the example corpus, schwitters often appears in combinations such as: kurt schwitters, schwitters to, although schwitters.

Context around Schwitters

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

kurt 4× although 2× sent 1× encouraged 1× visited 1× bengt 1×

Often after:

letters 1× concept 1× reciprocated 1× creator 1× depression 1× himself 1× correspondence 1× created 1× published 1× spent 1×

Sentence patterns with Schwitters

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1944 although schwitters only heard 1× assistance while schwitters reciprocated by 1× complete when schwitters left norway 1× enthusiastic about schwitters s work 1× evidence of schwitters correspondence by 1× from kurt schwitters to the 1× grandson bengt schwitters 1× helma visited schwitters in norway 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

having emigrated to 1× helma visited schwitters 1× his grave was 1× his son attributed 1× his wife helma 1× however ernst fell 1×

Common sentence endings:

a central theme 1× cantz ostfildern 2000 1× creator of merz 1× death in december 1× grandson bengt schwitters 1× in the camp 1×

Words around Schwitters

Just before it in the word index:

schwinn 23 schwinghammer 3 schwinger 7 schwing 2 schwindt 4 schwimmpanzer 3

Just after it in the word index:

schwung 2 schwyz 7 schx 2 schyler 3 schz 2 sci 802

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Schwitters

  • In this selection, "schwitters" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, kurt, although, sent, letters, concept and reciprocated stand out and add context to how "schwitters" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1944 although schwitters only heard and assistance while schwitters reciprocated by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "schwitters" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with schwitters

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Schwitters created several collages there, probably together with Thijs Rinsema. (10 words)

Schwitters later on visited Drachten quite frequently, staying with a local painter, Thijs Rinsema. (14 words)

This was almost complete when Schwitters left Norway for the United Kingdom in 1940. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

On the evidence of Schwitters' correspondence, by 1937 it had spread to two rooms of his parents' apartment on the ground floor, the adjoining balcony, the space below the balcony, one or two rooms of the attic and possibly part of the cellar. (43 words)

Having emigrated to the United States in 1936, Steinitz sent Schwitters letters describing life in the emerging consumer society, and wrapped the letters in pages of comics to give a flavour of the new world, which she encouraged Schwitters to ‘Merz’. (41 words)

The focus is put on the classical modernist art with the collection of Kurt Schwitters, works of German expressionism, and French cubism, the cabinet of abstracts, the graphics and the department of photography and media. (35 words)

Example sentences (17)

Having emigrated to the United States in 1936, Steinitz sent Schwitters letters describing life in the emerging consumer society, and wrapped the letters in pages of comics to give a flavour of the new world, which she encouraged Schwitters to ‘Merz’.

On the Evolution and Meaning of Kurt Schwitters’ Concept of Art’, in In the Beginning was Merz – From Kurt Schwitters to the Present Day, exhibition catalogue, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2000.

When they first met in 1919, Huelsenbeck was enthusiastic about Schwitters’s work and promised his assistance, while Schwitters reciprocated by finding an outlet for Huelsenbeck’s Dada publications.

Helma visited Schwitters in Norway for a few months each year up to the outbreak of World War II.

His grave was unmarked until 1966 when a stone was erected with the inscription Kurt Schwitters – Creator of Merz.

His son attributed this to Schwitters’ depression at internment which he kept hidden from others in the camp.

His wife Helma died of cancer on 29 October 1944, although Schwitters only heard of her death in December.

However, Ernst fell victim to a crippling stroke in 1995, moving control of the estate as a whole to Kurt's grandson, Bengt Schwitters.

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It is sometimes described as a fourth Merzbau, although Schwitters himself only ever referred to three.

On the evidence of Schwitters' correspondence, by 1937 it had spread to two rooms of his parents' apartment on the ground floor, the adjoining balcony, the space below the balcony, one or two rooms of the attic and possibly part of the cellar.

Schwitters created several collages there, probably together with Thijs Rinsema.

Schwitters later on visited Drachten quite frequently, staying with a local painter, Thijs Rinsema.

Schwitters published a periodical, also called Merz, between 1923–32, in which each issue was devoted to a central theme.

Schwitters spent the last one and half years of the war working as a technical draftsman in a factory just outside Hanover.

Schwitters worked on the Merzbarn daily, travelling the five miles between his home and the barn, except for when illness kept him away.

The focus is put on the classical modernist art with the collection of Kurt Schwitters, works of German expressionism, and French cubism, the cabinet of abstracts, the graphics and the department of photography and media.

This was almost complete when Schwitters left Norway for the United Kingdom in 1940.

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Common combinations with schwitters

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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