fürbass
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See also: fürbaß
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fürbaß (deprecated in the 1996 spelling reform)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle High German vürbaz, from Old High German furbaz; equivalent to für + bass.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
fürbass
- (archaic) onwards, forwards
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs][1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Ich ging fürbaß, und wie ich ging, / Da sah ich vor mir liegen, / Auf freiem Platz, ein großes Schloß, / Die Giebel hoch aufstiegen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “fürbass” in Duden online
- “fürbass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fürbass” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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