

May 23, 2017 This week’s theme

Words borrowed from German



This week’s words

gemutlich

anschauung

gesellschaft

gesamtkunstwerk

krummholz



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anschauung PRONUNCIATION: (AHN-shou-uhng)

MEANING: noun:

1. Intuition.

2. Outlook, attitude, opinion, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From German Anschauung (view, contemplation, perception), from anschauen (to look at), from an- (at) + schauen (to look). Earliest documented use: 1820. Also see weltanschauung

USAGE: “You, through your knowledge and insight -- your Anschauung -- you can help people.”

H. Andrew Lynch; The Superhero’s Closet; Xlibris; 2006.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. -Margaret Fuller, author, critic, and women's rights advocate (23 May 1810-1850)





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