Goethe

American  

[gur-tuh, gœ-tuh] / ˈgɜr tə, ˈgœ tə /

noun

1. Johann Wolfgang von 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.

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Goethe British  

/ ˈɡøːtə /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Goethean adjective
• Goethian adjective

Example Sentences

Karp’s track record included a PhD in neoclassical social theory from Goethe University Frankfurt.

From MarketWatch

The investigations required highly demanding supercomputer simulations that consumed millions of CPU hours on Frankfurt's "Goethe" supercomputer and Stuttgart's "Hawk."

From Science Daily

At the Mann House, someone grabbed the complete works of Goethe, as well as Mann’s handwritten papers.

From Los Angeles Times

"The Amazon rainforest alone is responsible for over a quarter of these emissions," explains atmospheric researcher Professor Joachim Curtius from Goethe University Frankfurt.

From Science Daily

The study, led by Goethe University Frankfurt, sheds light on how specific mutations may lead to the retinal disease retinitis pigmentosa.

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