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A Gasthaus (also called Gasthof, Landhaus, or Pension) is a German-style inn or tavern with a bar, a restaurant, banquet facilities and hotel rooms for rent. [1] Gasthäuser are typically found in smaller towns and are often family-owned. It is common for three generations of a family to work together in such an establishment, and many have ...
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians." [52] Frankenstein: Missouri: A combination of the surname of a German pioneer named Gottfried Franken, who donated a tract of land containing a hill to the town, and the German word "Stein" which means "stone." [53] Frankfort: Indiana
A pension (UK: / ˈ p ɒ̃ s j ɒ̃ /, US: / p ɒ n ˈ s j oʊ n /; [1] French: [pɑ̃sjɔ̃] ⓘ) [2] is a type of guest house or boarding house. This term is typically used in Continental European countries, in areas of North Africa and the Middle East that formerly had large European expatriate populations, and in some parts of South America ...
The beginnings of German dictionaries date back to a series of glossaries from the 8th century CE. The first comprehensive German dictionary, the Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB), was begun by the Brothers Grimm in 1838. The Duden dictionary, begun in 1880 and now in its 25th edition, is currently the prescriptive source for the spelling of Standard ...
A Waukee location of Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden would be the fourth in the Des Moines metro.
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The Deutsches Wörterbuch (German: [ˌdɔʏtʃəs ˈvœʁtɐbuːx]; "The German Dictionary"), abbreviated DWB, is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Encompassing modern High German vocabulary in use since 1450, it also includes loanwords adopted from other languages into German.