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  2. German honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Like many languages, German has pronouns for both familiar (used with family members, intimate friends, and children) and polite forms of address. The polite equivalent of "you" is "Sie." Grammatically speaking, this is the 3rd-person-plural form, and, as a subject of a sentence, it always takes the 3rd-person-plural forms of verbs and ...

  3. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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    Sauerkraut (also Kraut, which in German would mean cabbage in general)—fermented cabbage. Schnapps (German spelling: Schnaps)—a distilled alcoholic drink (hard liquor, booze). Schwarzbier—a dark lager beer. Seltzer—carbonated water, a genericized trademark that derives from the German town Selters, which is renowned for its mineral springs.

  5. Kantian ethics - Wikipedia

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    German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel presented two main criticisms of Kantian ethics. He first argued that Kantian ethics provides no specific information about what people should do because Kant's moral law is solely a principle of non-contradiction. [3]

  6. Glossary of German military terms - Wikipedia

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    Krupp (Kp) – famous German steel producer, manufactured most of the tanks, howitzers and heavy mortars, as well as armour plates for battleships (most famously the Bismarck). Krupp-Daimler (KD) – see Krupp. Kübel – literally, "bucket" or "tub", short for Kübelwagen, open-topped military utility cars with bucket seats.

  7. On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies from Benevolent Motives

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    Images of Kant and Constant. "On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies from Benevolent Motives" (sometimes translated On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns) (German: Über ein vermeintes Recht aus Menschenliebe zu lügen) is a 1797 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant in which the author discusses radical honesty.

  8. “September 5” director reveals what's real, what's not, and ...

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    I mean, within the ABC team, they did hire people from Germany to translate. So that is true. But we then also took certain artistic freedom to combine certain newsroom functions.

  9. List of German abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Popular German dieting practice which recommends eating only half of what one would usually eat during a typical day. Fressen is a verb normally reserved for animals; used of people, it implies gorging oneself. DW F.f., Forts. f. Fortsetzung folgt: to be continued L, T Ffm. Frankfurt am Main: T FKK Freikörperkultur: Free Body Culture