© Ernst Ferstl(*1955), österreichischer Lehrer, Dichter und Aphoristiker

noun: 1. A hiding place, such as a cupboard or a cubbyhole. 2. A hug or a cuddle. verb tr.: To hug or cuddle. verb intr. 1. To crouch down. 2. To hide.

Definition: (verb) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, shell. Usage: Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. Discuss

Glück ist das einzige, was wir anderen geben können, ohne es selbst zu haben. Carmen SylvaSchriftstellerin1843 – 1916

© Jürgen Große(*1963), Akkordeonsolist, Schriftsetzer, Geisteswissenschaftler und Autor

noun: An ancient stringed instrument that’s typically associated with Welsh music. Also called a crowd.

Definition: (noun) A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. Synonyms: spool, reel. Usage: Please thread the bobbin so that I can mend your shirt. Discuss

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos(1741 – 1803), Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos, französischer Offizier und Schriftsteller

adjective: 1. Intoxicated. 2. Crazy. 3. Excited. 4. Wonderful.

Definition: (noun) An encroachment, as of a right or privilege. Synonyms: violation. Usage: Before I could prove to them that this proceeding was a gross infringement on the liberties of the British subject, I found myself lodged within the walls of a prison. Discuss

© Stefan Fleischer(*1938), Rentner, vorher Organisator einer Großbank

adjective: Containing moits — foreign particles in wool, such as straw or bark.

Definition: (verb) Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. Synonyms: abjure, recant, resile, retract. Usage: "It's rank poison," said he, grasping the bottle by the neck, "and I forswear it! I've given up gambling, and I'll give up this too." Discuss

«Il denaro, quando è cominciato ad arrivare a palate, ha influenzato noi tutti. Non molto, e non per molto, perché nessuno di noi è mai stato motivato dal denaro. Ma è questa la natura dei soldi. Che tu ne abbia o meno, che tu ne voglia o meno, che ti piacciano o meno, cercheranno di…

«Sul mio impero non tramonta mai il sole.»

noun: An upright stone or pillar inscribed or sculpted, often serving as a monument. Also known as a stele.

Definition: (adjective) Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge. Synonyms: revengeful, vindictive. Usage: The murderer believed he was being haunted by the vengeful ghost of his victim. Discuss

«Nei salotti di Catanzaro indagatori e indagati vanno a braccetto.» (Luigi De Magistris)

«Il denaro, quando è cominciato ad arrivare a palate, ha influenzato noi tutti. Non molto, e non per molto, perché nessuno di noi è mai stato motivato dal denaro. Ma è questa la natura dei soldi. Che tu ne abbia o meno, che tu ne voglia o meno, che ti piacciano o meno, cercheranno di…

Es ist das Schicksal jeder Generation, in einer Welt unter Bedingungen leben zu müssen, die sie nicht geschaffen hat. John F. Kennedy35. Präsident der USA1917 – 1963

Definition: (noun) A collection of objects laid on top of each other. Synonyms: cumulation, heap, pile, cumulus, agglomerate. Usage: At one point upon the bosom of the Thames there rises a few feet above the water a single, disintegrating mound of masonry. Discuss

Auge um Auge – und die ganze Welt wird blind sein. Mahatma GandhiIndischer Freiheitskämpfer1869 – 1948

Deutsches Sprichwort

noun: 1. Boasting. 2. Involuntary bodily movements, such as tossing or twitching.

Stell dir vor, es ist Krieg, und keiner geht hin. Carl SandburgUS-Dichter1878 – 1967

verb tr.: 1. To eat or drink noisily. verb intr.: 2. To drink habitually or to excess. 3. To produce bubbles or a bubbling sound. noun: 4. Nonsense; something worthless or deceptive.

Achte auf das Kleine in der Welt, das macht das Leben reicher und zufriedener. Carl HiltySchweizer Staatsrechtler und Laientheologe1833 – 1909

Friedrich von Schiller(1759 – 1805), Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller, ab 1802 von Schiller, deutscher Arzt, Dichter, Philosoph und Historiker; gilt als einer der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Dramatiker und Lyriker

Definition: (noun) The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed. Synonyms: pit, stone. Usage: I bit into the prune and nearly broke my tooth on the hard endocarp inside. Discuss

noun: 1. The combination of independent melodic lines sounded together. For example, a fugue. 2. The representation of different sounds by a letter or symbol. For example, the letter c which can represent /s/ or /k/. 3. A multiplicity of distinct voices or perspectives.

Wer sein eigenes Leben und das seiner Mitmenschen als sinnlos empfindet, der ist nicht nur unglücklich, sondern kaum lebensfähig. Albert EinsteinDeutscher Physiker und Nobelpreisträger1879 – 1955

© Stefan Rogal(*1965), Autor, Herausgeber und Kolumnist

Definition: (adjective) Arousing or provoking laughter. Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful. Usage: The dramatic performance's unintentionally trite and risible dialogue drew hearty laughs from the audience. Discuss

verb tr.: To make gray. verb intr.: 1. To turn gray. 2. To fuss; to gripe or grumble. noun: 1. An animal with gray or grizzled fur. 2. Gray hair. adjective: 1. Having gray hair. 2. Gray.

Wenn die Zeit kommt, in der man könnte, ist die vorüber, in der man kann. Marie von Ebner-EschenbachÖsterreichische Schriftstellerin1830 – 1916

Peter Sirius(1858 – 1913), eigentlich Otto Kimmig, deutscher Gymnasialprofessor, Dichter und Aphoristiker

Definition: (verb) To give comfort or cheer to (a person) in time of sorrow or distress. Synonyms: comfort, console, soothe. Usage: I grieved quietly and solaced myself with the knowledge that she was in a better place. Discuss

noun: 1. Worship of the donkey or ass. 2. Devotion to foolishness.

© Helmut Glaßl(*1950), Dipl.-Ing., Aphoristiker aus Erfurt

© Lars-Christopher Voigts(*1972), Autor von “100 Bücher, die die Welt noch braucht”

Definition: (noun) The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. Synonyms: measuring. Usage: The mensuration of the faculties of the mind has, I believe, no place in the catalogue of known arts. Discuss

«L’amore è una motoslitta che corre all’impazzata nella tundra, poi improvvisamente fa una capriola e si ribalta bloccandoti sotto. Di notte arrivano i lupi.» (Matt Groening)

© Walter Jakoby(*1958), Wissenschaftler, Manager und Autor

Definition: (adjective) Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy. Synonyms: rapacious, ravening. Usage: She was a voracious reader and loved to spend her afternoons at the library. Discuss

verb intr.: To build a nest.

Persönlichkeiten werden nicht durch schöne Reden geformt, sondern durch Arbeit und eigene Leistung. Albert EinsteinDeutscher Physiker und Nobelpreisträger1879 – 1955

Oliver Goldsmith(1728 – 1774), anglo-irischer Erzähler und Lustspielautor

Definition: (adjective) Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. Synonyms: gilded, meretricious. Usage: "You are a specious fellow," returned Sir John, fixing his eyes upon him, "and carry two faces under your hood, as well as the best." Discuss

verb intr.: 1. To twitch or stir. 2. To break the silence by uttering a sound.

Was du mir sagst, das vergesse ich. Was du mir zeigst, daran erinnere ich mich. Was du mich tun lässt, das verstehe ich. KonfuziusChinesischer Philosoph

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749 – 1832), gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Repräsentanten deutschsprachiger Dichtung

Definition: (noun) A heavy, uncontrolled outpouring. Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundation. Usage: She frowned and overwhelmed Pierre with a torrent of reproaches and angry words. Discuss

verb tr., intr.: To travel, especially to wander from place to place.

Ein Mensch, der für nichts zu sterben gewillt ist, verdient nicht zu leben. Martin Luther KingFriedensnobelpreisträger und Führer der amerik. Bürgerrechtsbewegung1929 – 1968

© Tarek Bernet(*2000), Maschinen- und Anlagenführer

Definition: (verb) To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress. Synonyms: wrench. Usage: And the little princess began to cry capriciously like a suffering child and to wring her little hands even with some affectation. Discuss

verb tr.: To throw violently into the air.

verb tr.: 1. To blow or breathe into. 2. To treat by blowing air, gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity. 3. To bless by breathing or blowing on baptismal water or a person.

Furcht besiegt mehr Menschen als irgendetwas anderes auf der Welt. Ralph Waldo EmersonUS-Dichter und Philosoph1803 – 1882

© Ernst Ferstl(*1955), österreichischer Lehrer, Dichter und Aphoristiker

Definition: (adjective) Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. Synonyms: divinatory, mantic, vatic. Usage: It was a sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to all sorts of questions about the future. Discuss

Die Weisheit eines Menschen misst man nicht nach seinen Erfahrungen, sondern nach seiner Fähigkeit, Erfahrungen zu machen. George Bernard ShawIrischer Dramatiker, Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger1856 – 1950

Thomas Macaulay, 1. Baron Macaulay(1800 – 1859), Thomas Babington Macaulay, englischer liberaler Politiker und Historiker

Im Grunde ist jedes Unglück gerade nur so schwer, wie man es nimmt. Marie von Ebner-EschenbachÖsterreichische Schriftstellerin1830 – 1916

Johann Heinrich Voß(1751 – 1826), deutscher Versdichter und erster Übersetzer der »Odyssee« und der »Ilias«

Definition: (noun) Nobility of spirit or action; courage. Synonyms: heroism, valor. Usage: Never have I seen such gallantry in the face of danger than I saw today in these young women. Discuss

noun: Excessive reverence for the past: an earlier time, old customs, antiquity, etc.

Man ist meistens nur durch Nachdenken unglücklich. Joseph JoubertFranzösischer Schriftsteller1754 – 1824

noun: A person who loves dogs.

Um einen guten Liebesbrief zu schreiben, musst du anfangen, ohne zu wissen, was du sagen willst, und endigen, ohne zu wissen, was du gesagt hast. Jean-Jacques RousseauFranzösisch-schweizerischer Philosoph, Schriftsteller und Dichter1712 – 1778

© Franz Mederer(*1962), Postler, Weisheit-Suchender und Bibel-Denker

Definition: (noun) The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. Synonyms: education, instruction, pedagogy, teaching. Usage: After reading several books on anthropology, education, and didactics, Alexey Alexandrovitch drew up a plan of education. Discuss

noun: A stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated.

© Manfred Hinrich(1926 – 2015), Dr. phil., deutscher Philosoph, Philologe, Lehrer, Journalist, Kinderliederautor, Aphoristiker und Schriftsteller

Definition: (verb) To speak or shout derisively; mock. Synonyms: scoff, flout, gibe, barrack. Usage: The crowd jeered at the speaker, and she ran offstage in tears. Discuss

noun: An inordinate enthusiasm for music.

Definition: (adjective) Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy. Usage: His prehensile employers were so stingy that they replaced their workers' annual bonus with a keychain worth less than a dollar. Discuss

noun: 1. One who hates or fears rain. 2. A plant that cannot tolerate rainy conditions.

© Hans-Jürgen Quadbeck-Seeger(*1939), Prof. Dr., deutscher Chemiker, Mitglied der Enquête-Kommission für Gentechnik des Deutschen Bundestages, wurde für sein Engagement mit dem Bundesverdienstkreuz ausgezeichnet

Definition: (verb) To complain peevishly or whimperingly. Synonyms: grizzle, yawp, whine. Usage: I refused to do my chores, electing instead to yammer and whine about the injustices of life. Discuss

Paul Heyse(1830 – 1914), eigentlich Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, deutscher Romanist, Novellist und Übersetzer, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1910

Definition: (adjective) Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, suppositional. Usage: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly suppositious and involve much educated guessing. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. Synonyms: base. Usage: He dropped a piece of litmus paper into an acid, when it changed instantly to red, and on floating it in an alkali it turned as quickly to blue….

noun: The fear of trains.

«Vivo le canzoni un po' come le relazioni. Le canzoni sono frequenze, sono vive, cambiano con il tempo e nel mentre cambi anche tu. Quindi ci sono dei momenti in cui mi ritrovo completamente lontana da ciò che ho scritto e prodotto anche solo qualche mese prima, ma ho imparato a non rinnegare nulla, a…

«La cattiveria dei buoni è pericolosissima.»

Es kommt nicht darauf an, dem Leben mehr Jahre zu geben, sondern den Jahren mehr Leben zu geben. Alexis CarrelFranzösischer Chirurg und Nobelpreisträger (Medizin)1873 – 1944