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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze, photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany".

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Word of the Month: Der Querdenker

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Word of the Month: Index Quer is an adverb meaning "across," and a Denker is a thinker (from denken - to think). In combinat...

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

New Photobook: Bhutan and Nepal

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Bhutan and Nepal 2014 By Ulrich Flemming It was an unforgettable experience.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Word of the Month: Der Kummerspeck

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We encountered Kummer (sorrow, grief, anxiety) already in Liebeskummer , our word of the month for December 2009. Speck is the fatty tissu...

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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Word of the Month: Fremdschämen

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Word of the Month: Index Fremd is an adjective meaning, in this context, "alien" or "foreign." Schämen is a (reflexi...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Word of the Month: Der Lückenbüßer

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Word of the Month: Index A Lücke is a gap or narrow opening and a Büßer a penitent. However, the ~büßer part in Lückenbüßer derives fr...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil

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I just arrived in Cologne and I'm looking forward to watching as many matches as possible with brothers and friends interested in and kn...

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Word of the Month: Die Jugendsünde

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Word of the Month: Index Here's a word that pops up frequently in German discussions about forgetting on the web, especially when it c...

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Ulrich: "One thing could be said about Ulrich with certainty: He loved mathematics because of the people who could not stand it." (Robert Musil, The Man Without Properties, m.t.)

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