Burschenschaft
noun
any of certain associations of students formed to promote patriotism, Christian conduct, and liberal ideas but now primarily social fraternities.
Burschenschaften
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pluralof Burschenschaft.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The societies of the Burschenschaften are still considered to have a political complexion and the corps proper have no dealings with them.
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
The Burschenschaften are now purely social and non-political societies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
This spirit spread particularly through the agencies of the student fraternities called "Burschenschaften," and the athletic associations, the "Turners," advocated and fostered by Jahn.
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
