Deutsch

[ doich ]

/ dɔɪtʃ /

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noun

Babette, 1895–1982, U.S. poet, novelist, and critic.

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Words nearby Deutsch

deuterostome, deuterotoky, deuto-, deuton, deutoplasm, Deutsch, Deutsche mark, Deutscher, Deutschland, Deutschmark, deutzia

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How to use Deutsch in a sentence

Deutsch believed that quantum computers would support the many worlds view.
A century of quantum mechanics questions the fundamental nature of reality|Tom Siegfried|January 12, 2022|Science News
It’s a way of essentially “offloading all of the risk of your business model onto workers,” Deutsch said.
The five-day workweek is dead|Anna North|July 13, 2021|Vox
The general idea sounds promising to me, but constructor theory has remained notoriously vague since Deutsch proposed it in 2012.
The End of Reductionism Could Be Nigh. Or Not. - Facts So Romantic|Sabine Hossenfelder|June 18, 2021|Nautilus
It was called constructor theory, and according to Deutsch it would serve as a kind of meta-theory more fundamental than even our most foundational physics — deeper than general relativity, subtler than quantum mechanics.
How to Rewrite the Laws of Physics in the Language of Impossibility|Amanda Gefter|April 29, 2021|Quanta Magazine

One of them was Tamás Deutsch, a future minister for FIDESZ in the Hungarian government, today an MEP.
How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She also translated a French novel for the publisher Andre Deutsch while in Devon.
Ted Hughes’s Brother on Losing Sylvia Plath|Gerald Hughes|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was living in Dublin and sent it to a U.K. publisher, André Deutsch.
How I Write Family Edition: Emma Straub & Peter Straub|Noah Charney|August 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Before her campaign went south, even liberals like MSNBC commentator Donny Deutsch called Palin the new "feminist ideal."
Meet the Mini-Palins|Linda Hirshman|March 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
CNBC host Donny Deutsch drawled, “Women want to be her and men want to mate with her.”
Piling on Palin, Hating on Hillary|Caroline Heldman|November 30, 2008|DAILY BEAST
I could understand him perfectly from my familiarity with German and especially Platt-Deutsch.
A Woman's Part in a Revolution|Natalie Harris Hammond
But there were two or three English nobs there who were so gassy in their style, that I forgot my Deutsch for the moment.
Down the Rhine|Oliver Optic
Shortly after he returned, and again walking round, stopped and addressed me, "Spreechen sie Deutsch?"
Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2|John Lloyd Stephens
Suppose you were traveling in Germany, and should come across a sign over a shop, saying: 'Hier wird Deutsch gesprochen.'
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed|Edna Ferber
Animated by this hope, I proceeded in my very best "Deutsch" to expound my sorrows to him.
Confessions Of Con Cregan|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for Deutsch

Deutsch

/ (dɔɪtʃ, German dɔytʃ) /

noun

Otto Erich (ˈɔto ˈeːrɪç). 1883–1967, Austrian music historian and art critic, noted for his catalogue of Schubert's works (1951)

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