Goethe

[gur-tuh, German gœ-tuh]

noun

Jo·hann Wolf·gang von

[yoh-hahn vawlf-gahng fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈvɔlf gɑŋ fən/, 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.

Related formsGoe·the·an, Goe·thi·an

[gur-tee-uh n, gœ-] /ˈgɜr ti ən, ˈgœ-/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for goethe

But does this translate into a reason to ignore the giants of the German canon: Goethe, Mann, Brecht?
What Should Be Your Favorite Books?|Benjamin Lytal|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Architecture is frozen music, Goethe wrote, and to my mind cities are, too.
'Heroic Old Warhorse'|Jan Morris|February 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Goethe recalled later that he had been first asked his age and been complimented that, at 60, he was “well preserved.”
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|June 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Goethe, who was an experienced courtier, understood the delicate hint, and stepped back from the table.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia|L. Mhlbach,

I am told that Goethe, when he lost his son, took to study a science that was new to him.
How to Succeed|Orison Swett Marden
Goethe made quiet and neat replies to the Emperors forced and well-prepared sallies into literature.
Talleyrand|Joseph McCabe
Every word which Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, have said of other writers is full of value and interest to-day.
Nineteenth Century Questions|James Freeman Clarke
Goethe's great study of his childhood and youth must give a new hold upon life to any one who will appreciatively respond to it.
The Story of a Child|Pierre Loti

British Dictionary definitions for goethe

Goethe

noun

Johann Wolfgang von (joˈhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn). 1749–1832, German poet, novelist, and dramatist, who settled in Weimar in 1775. His early works of the Sturm und Drang period include the play Götz von Berlichingen (1773) and the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). After a journey to Italy (1786–88) his writings, such as the epic play Iphigenie auf Tauris (1787) and the epic idyll Hermann und Dorothea (1797), showed the influence of classicism. Other works include the Wilhelm Meister novels (1796–1829) and his greatest masterpiece Faust (1808; 1832)

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