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  • Many words in the English vocabulary are of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred...
    110 KB (15,280 words) - 14:21, 6 June 2024
  • Pomerania has experienced several transitions not only of culture and administration, but also of its population. In 997 AD many Old Prussians were baptized...
    3 KB (403 words) - 04:04, 9 February 2023
  • The English language has incorporated various loanwords, terms, phrases, or quotations from the German language. A loanword is a word borrowed from a donor...
    62 KB (7,185 words) - 18:41, 25 May 2024
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    Academic fencing (German: akademisches Fechten) or Mensur is the traditional kind of fencing practiced by some student corporations (Studentenverbindungen)...
    21 KB (2,615 words) - 09:28, 11 May 2024
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    Oberstaufenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate...
    30 KB (3,697 words) - 01:56, 1 June 2023
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    Hinzweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪntsvaɪlɐ]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality...
    39 KB (4,823 words) - 10:40, 1 June 2023
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    51°58′45″N 4°35′10″E / 51.979120°N 4.586150°E / 51.979120; 4.586150 Nesselande is a new extension on the east side of the city of Rotterdam, in South...
    1 KB (112 words) - 05:31, 16 May 2020
  • Spirou et les hommes-bulles (Spirou and the bubble-men), written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventeenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The...
    4 KB (321 words) - 17:16, 15 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Maurice Benayoun
    Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs...
    9 KB (953 words) - 08:48, 30 April 2024
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    Potjevleesch is a traditional French Flemish dish, which can be translated into English as "potted meat". It is traditionally made in a ceramic dish from...
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    Hans Talhoffer (Dalhover, Talhouer, Thalhoffer, Talhofer; c. 1410-1415 – after 1482) was a German fencing master. His martial lineage is unknown, but his...
    16 KB (1,729 words) - 14:46, 26 January 2023
  • Die Stille nach dem Schuss (literally The Silence after the Shot) is a 2000 German film that was released in English as The Legend of Rita (also sometimes...
    11 KB (1,424 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Two Friends (short story)
    "Deux amis" or "Two Friends" is a short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1882. The story is set in Paris during the Franco-Prussian...
    6 KB (808 words) - 16:52, 7 June 2023
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    Samuel Jean Pozzi (3 October 1846 – 13 June 1918) was a French surgeon and gynecologist. He was also interested in anthropology and neurology. He is remembered...
    12 KB (1,458 words) - 16:12, 21 June 2023
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    Tatana Sterba (born October 7, 1976, in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic) as Taťána Štěrbová (pronounced [ˈtacaːna ˈʃcɛrbovaː])...
    5 KB (551 words) - 04:17, 11 May 2023
  • The Dutch Championships in Artistic Gymnastics is an annual competition inviting Dutch gymnasts as well as others worldwide. It also serves as the National...
    5 KB (82 words) - 12:58, 11 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Mademoiselle Fifi (short story)
    "Mademoiselle Fifi" is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant, published in 1882 in a collection of the same title. Like many of his short stories...
    5 KB (675 words) - 11:28, 4 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Trance Energy
    Energy (formerly known as Trance Energy) was a Dutch trance event featuring trance music DJs from around the world. It was organized by ID&T and was held...
    7 KB (672 words) - 21:16, 22 April 2024
  • Chassepierre (Gaumais: Tchespire) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Florenville, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium...
    5 KB (493 words) - 20:52, 4 June 2022
  • "Wir sind wir (ein Deutschlandlied)" ("We Are We" (i.e. "We are who we are"), a Germany song) was released as a stand-alone single by Paul van Dyk in 2004...
    6 KB (646 words) - 14:00, 6 April 2023
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