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Hermann Wilhelm Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring

9.8
A German politician in the Nazi Party who helped start the Gestapo and prepare Germany for World War II
  • proper noun
: Hermann Wilhelm Göring
  • Hermann Wilhelm Göring played a major role in the leadership of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Examples

  • The establishment of the Gestapo is often attributed to Hermann Wilhelm Göring in historical accounts.

  • After the war, Hermann Wilhelm Göring was tried at Nuremberg for his crimes.

  • The notorious Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a prominent figure in the Nazi regime.

  • Did Hermann Wilhelm Göring really establish the Gestapo?

  • Hermann Wilhelm Göring played a major role in the leadership of Nazi Germany during World War II.

  • After the war, Hermann Wilhelm Göring was tried at Nuremberg for his crimes.

  • The notorious Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a prominent figure in the Nazi regime.

Synonyms

Hermann Goering
vsHermann Wilhelm Göring
2 9.2

A top German leader in Nazi Germany who starts the secret police and helps prepare Germany for war

is the full formal name including middle name and original diacritic
Hermann Göring
vsHermann Wilhelm Göring
9.9

A German Nazi leader who helped start the secret police and prepare Germany for war

is the full formal name including middle name

Surface Forms

Hermann Wilhelm Göring main

Morphology

Hermann + Wilhelm + Göring

This is a personal name referring to a specific historical individual; knowing the constituent names ('Hermann', 'Wilhelm', 'Göring') does not enable a B1 learner to infer the biographical information or political role (e.g. Nazi leader, founder of the Gestapo). Proper names are arbitrary referents rather than compositional meanings, so the expression's referential content must be learned separately.

Etymology

Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a top German Nazi leader in the 1930s and 1940s. He helped set up the secret police called the 'Gestapo', played a leading role in Germany's war effort, and after World War II he was tried for 'war crimes', so his name is remembered as that of a leading Nazi and a criminal.