original German
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7.4
- noun
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alemán original
- 'CAUSE IT WAS MISTRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN.
Examples
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In some cultures, these may be based on rhythm and melody patterns quite different from the original German models.
Academic text (1997) -
He quoted a line from the original German text, showcasing the brilliance of the author's word choice.
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The original German text was published in four editions between 1884 and 1891.
Academic text (1997) -
It is worth pointing out here that we do not know who did the translations into English of an original German diary.
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>> YOU CAN SAY THE SAME THING THE ORIGINAL GERMAN.
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The Carpet Makers, by Andreas Eschbach (first published in English in 2005, but published in the original German in 1995).
Blog text (19) -
And then he said, well, if you had read the original book by Helmholtz, the book by Helmholtz in the original German version, you would know blah, blah, blah.
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But he did get off one immortal line about Pat Buchanan's "culture war" speech at the 1992 Republican convention: "In all fairness to Mr. Buchanan, that speech sounded much better in the original German."
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I prefer reading the poem in its original German to appreciate the nuances of the language.
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Many scholars insist that understanding the play requires studying its original German version.
Synonyms
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3.5
The first version of something from which copies are made
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4.1
The first form of a book, film, or show before any change
Antonyms
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2.5
A written text in one language that keeps the meaning of an original text in another language
How Authentic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'original' (first/authentic version) combined with 'German' (in the German language) yields the interpretation 'the first/authentic version in German.' The pattern 'original + [language]' is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun modification, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
The phrase original German comes from the world of books. Publishers used original to mean the 'first' or real version and German to show the language, so original German now means the real German text, not a translation.