By Haley Gipson The historical events that unfolded in Central Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries cannot be fully understood without nationalism. For many, “nationalism” conjures up images of swastikas flashing among waves of Nazi salutes, and this stems from the fact that World War II Germany is the textbook example of the dangers […]

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By Caitlin Crittenden Being and Time “Being” is a transcendens. “being” is rather obscure. indefinable.Thus beings “definition” cannot dispense meaning “Being” is understandable Everybody is But the enigma is in darkness the answer lacking direction to question means formulation The formulated question is eminent seeking is Questioning their whatness revealing what… what is a questioner

By Audra Woehle To any casual listener of the Beatles, the thought of classical influence on the band may seem strange. The band pushed the boundaries of the growing rock genre in the 1960s with electric guitars and drum beats and couldn’t even read music, and thus one would assume that John, Paul, George, and

By Audra Woehle ‘s Beispiel vom Bàim | Elsässisch Lüag un lehr wia d’r Bàim sich tiaf in d’r Heimatboda tüat bohra so wàchst‚r hoch zum Liawesliad vo sina Bletter otmet Luscht üs àller Luft Sàft kunnt vo tiaf Liacht kunnt vo hoch ar singt im Niederwind ar singt im Ewerwind un steht noch gràd

By Caroline Scheuing For anyone learning a new language or reading a work of text from a non-native tongue, we have all encountered the classic instance of an “untranslatable” phrase or idiomatic expression. Roman Jakobsen’s “On Linguistic Aspects of Translation” delves into this issue with great detail, centering mostly around two interesting focal points of

German Club team members (left to right): Jialin Zhang; Evan Dempsey; Alex Jund; Justin Ballard; Ethan Patrick; Charlotte Blanc; Pranav Gokhale; Katharina Kretzler; Andy Dazzo By Terry Noblin Prior to the global pandemic, the German Club would participate in an annual multicultural soccer event hosted by the various cultural clubs here at the University of

By Kaio Bakenhus Throughout most of my life, I would leave Michigan each summer to live with my father in Germany. These were the times where I would be submerged in an alternative culture. I have always perceived Germans as living a much more simplistic lifestyle. For instance, the food supply seems so different. Americans

By Vanessa Soriano Do I say I am Brazilian or American? This was a question that often intrigued me when I spent the year abroad in Germany. This was less of a philosophical “Who am I?” type of question, although I am both a Brazilian and an American, and more of a “Will people treat

By Caroline Scheuing One of the most intriguing points of the German language in a constantly modernizing world is the issue of gendered nouns, and their complicated nature in translational connotations. As the linguistic writer Roman Jakobsen points out, some gendered German nouns have been personified, illustrated, and otherwise fleshed out throughout German history to