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	German language - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, in two-thirds of Switzerland, in two-thirds of the South Tyrol province of Italy (in German, Südtirol), in the small East Cantons of Belgium, and in some border villages of the South Jutland County (Nordschleswig) of Denmark.
		German is the third most taught foreign language worldwide, also in the USA (after Spanish and French); it is the second most known foreign language in the EU (after English; see [1]) It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
		The dialects of German which are or were primarily spoken in colonies founded by German speaking people resemble the dialects of the regions the founders came from (for example Pennsylvania German resembles dialects of the Palatinate, or Hutterite German resembles dialects of Carinthia).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/e/r/German_language.html (3592 words)

	German language - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		German is the third most popular foreign language taught worldwide, as well as the third most taught in the EU (after English and French) and in the USA (after Spanish and French).
		German is a member of the West branch of the Germanic family of languages, which in turn is part of the Indo-European language family.
		Pennsylvania German resembles dialects of the Palatinate, or Hutterite German resembles dialects of Carinthia).
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=11884 (2474 words)

	Etymology Encyclopedia Article @ Predicted.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Etymology is the study of the origins of words.
		For an example of the etymology of an English irregular verb of Germanic origin, see the etymology of the word go.
		Although many of Nietzsche's etymologies are wrong, the strategy has gained popularity in the 20th century, with philosophers such as Jacques Derrida using etymologies to indicate former meanings of words with view to decentring the "violent hierarchies" of Western metaphysics.
	www.predicted.org /encyclopedia/Etymology (1837 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the world's major languages.
		German spelling reform of 1996 was officially promulgated by governmental representatives of all German-speaking countries.
		German is a member of the West branch of the Germanic family of languages, which in turn is part of the
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/German_language.html (1957 words)

	Etymology Encyclopedia Article @ Oughta.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pindar employed creative etymologies to flatter his patrons.
		Plutarch employed etymologies insecurely based on fancied resemblances in sounds.
		In his Odes Pindar spins complimentary etymologies to flatter his patrons.
	www.oughta.net /encyclopedia/Etymology (1824 words)

	German placename etymology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Placenames in the German language area can be classified by the language from which they originate, and by their age.
		Celtic names, used in prehistoric times in the southern and western parts of the German language area.
		From the Iron Age until recently, Slavic languages such as Polabian, Sorbian and Slovenian were spoken in many eastern parts of the German language area.
	german-placename-etymology.iqnaut.net (290 words)

	Placename etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In recognition thereof, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller named the new continent after the Italian explorer's first name.
		The strongest possibility is that it derives from a borrowed Semitic root "Asu", which means varyingly 'rising' or 'light', of course a directional referring to the sunrise, Asia thus meaning 'Eastern Land'.
		Map of Selected Placename Etymologies in the Americas, from www.radicalcartography.net
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Placename_etymology (669 words)

	German placename etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Additionally, German placenames (and surnames) ending in -witz, -itz and -ow show placenames also used in Slavic (compare Polish placenames ending in -wice, -wiec, -ic and -ów and Czech placenames ending in -vice, -vec, -ic and -ov).
		The German suffix -au is often related to the Slavic -ow and -ov, because that derived from the Old German spelling (u= w =double u).
		The German and Slavic-influenced suffixes can be mostly found in what is today eastern Germany or were used in historical Eastern Germany, a sign that when the first Slavs came into Magna Germania, they and the rest of the Germanic people continued the old Germanic names.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_placename_etymology (675 words)

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		In etymology, German family names were introduced during the late Middle Ages in the German language area.
		German (Deutsch) Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈdɔʏtʃ] Spoken in: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Italy, France, Luxembourg, and 37 other countries.
		Fraktur may refer to: a specific kind of flletter typefaces; see fraktur (typeface); a kind of Pennsylvania German folk art; see fraktur (Pennsylvania German folk art) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	www.qwika.com /rels/German_placename_etymology (1648 words)

	Placename etymology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Through the centuries however, it came to denote the whole land mass with which we are familiar today.
		The ultimate etymology of the Greek term "Europa" is unknown.
		One stronger possibility is that it derives from the ancient Sumerian and Semitic root "Ereb", which carries the meaning of "darkness" or "descent", a reference to the region's western location in relation to Mesopotamia, the Levantine Coast, Anatolia, and the Bosporus.
	placename-etymology.iqnaut.net (590 words)

	Etymology Encyclopedia Article @ Interpreted.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The usage panel here at the Since You Asked Institute for Really Advanced Etymology is split on "go missing." Half of the members disallow it, pointing out...
		Merriam-Webster Dictionary A full-scale dictionary with traditional etymologies traced usually no further than Latin.
		This page was last updated on: Wed Dec 6 11:08:37 2006
	www.interpreted.org /encyclopedia/Etymology (1835 words)

	Genealogy Information Page
		An excellent source of true fonts for Fraktur printing is available at the Gutenberg Press and a good book for understanding the German Fraktur and old German handwriting is now available on the book catalog page for genealogy at Lübecks Bookstore.
		History of Fraktur, German True Font Fraktur script software, and more.
		German Genealogical research before the Church records began.
	www.germanways.com /gen1.htm (401 words)

	German_language - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		See IPA chart for English for an English-?
		Romanian used to use in the past the Slavonic term "nemteste", but "Germana" is now widely used.
		However, in some other Slavic languages, as with Polish, the country name (Niemcy (pl)) is similar to the name of the language, (jezyk) niemiecki.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=German_language (6395 words)

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