Burschenschaft

American  

[boor-shuhn-shahft] / ˈbʊər ʃənˌʃɑft /

noun

German.

• Burschenschaften
  plural

1. any of certain associations of students formed to promote patriotism, Christian conduct, and liberal ideas but now primarily social fraternities.

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Burschenschaft British  

/ ˈbʊrʃənʃaft /

noun

1. a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Burschenschaften
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Burschenschaft

literally: youth association

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Example Sentences

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Burschenschaft Burschenschaften

The trial for the murder went on quickly at first, but afterwards became more complicated, on account of the documents which were found amongst Sand's papers, concerning the Burschenschaft and such matters.

From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

Yet they have no deep significance like that of the Burschenschaft.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various

Footnote 23: Because it was the Burschenschaft riband, and therefore a great desecration to be worn by a Knoten.

From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

But the Burschenschaft in its pristine glory could not so long continue.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Formerly, indeed, the costume, one entire singularity, and the coloured Chore-ribbands, the variegated cap, and the tri-colour of the Burschenschaft, were worn openly.

From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

This spirit spread particularly through the agencies of the student fraternities called "Burschenschaften," and the athletic associations, the "Turners," advocated and fostered by Jahn.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

The originators of the Burschenschaften movement, for example, were eleven students at Jena.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier

Raumer, in his "History of German Universities," testifies that the Burschenschaften abolished there the last vestige of that system of hazing practised on new-comers, which seems to be an indigenous weed of the college soil.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various

There were the Burschenschaften in Germany; the Union, and the "Aide toi et le ciel t'aidera," in France; the Order of the Hammer in Spain; the Carbonari in Italy; and the Hetairai in Greece.

From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace

The Burschenschaften societies of students had their origin in political opposition to this separation of the students into communities from the various states.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier

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