Goethe
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡɜːtə/
- Literature
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Goethe
- So said Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Goethe's Faust
- Goethe's novel
- Goethe's famous
I I think there is power and magic as Goethe says, and the leaping towards the unknown.
- I I think there is power and magic as Goethe says, and the leaping towards the unknown.
- And the big cities there are Dresden and Leipzig and Weimar, which was the city of Goethe and Schiller.
- And so you don't even notice it's the case, I'm sure that Goethe once said of language, he who knows one knows none.
Examples
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Two hundred years ago, Johann Wolfgang Goethe provided a precise model of the type.
Academic text (1990) -
One shelf down are the German books, Goethe and Schiller, still in exemplary order.
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The words are by Goethe.
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Do you know the quote by Goethe?
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Professor Junks was performed at the Goethe Institute in Lagos in 2005.
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William James was fortified by his encounter with Shakespeare and Goethe; soon he would return home to "get well."
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And there's a quotation from Goethe that I like, which says be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
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I only want to discuss Dante and Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Coleridge and Goethe.
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And the big cities there are Dresden and Leipzig and Weimar, which was the city of Goethe and Schiller.
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Many of Goethe's works explore themes of love and nature.
Synonyms
A German writer who wrote poems, plays, and novels
Surface Forms
Etymology
Goethe is a German family name that comes from older German names related to Gott 'God' or from a short form of Gottfried. That's why Goethe is the family name we use for the famous writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.