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Hi Fritz,<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fritz Goerling</b> <<a href="mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org">Fritz_Goerling@sil.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Margaret,</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Luther's influence in enriching the
German language should not be overestimated but not underestimated either.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">As you know German, here are a just a few
examples from Luther's coinages of new words and reinterpetations of
words:</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Wortsch�pfungen</span></font></b> Luthers: Gnadenbild,
-lehre, Gottesbild, - liebe, Glaubenskampf, Glaubenssache, S�ndenbock,
Feuereifer, Linsengericht, Hochmut, Wohlgefallen, Bubest�ck, Machtwort,
nacheifern, geistreich; Stein des Ansto�es, ein Dorn im Auge, durch die Finger
sehen, Wer anderen eine Grube ....</p>
<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Neubedeutungen</span></font></b>: Beruf, Bu�e, fromm,
gerecht, entr�stet, anfahren ("heftig ansprechen)"</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>I must admit that I was not thinking of Luther's effect on Christian and Biblical language, but on the German language in general. I am sure you are right about these terms. The fact that Luther created the German versions of Biblical sayings, such as einem anderen eine Grube graben does go without saying. But did he really create 'Linsengericht'? Surely as long as there are Linsen and Gerichte, someone else would have done it?
<br><br><br>Regards<br>Margaret<br></div><br></div><br>
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