Hebbel

[ heb-uhl ]

/ ˈhɛb əl /

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noun

(Chris·ti·an) Frie·drich

[kris-tee-ahn -free-drikh], /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/, 1813–63, German lyric poet and playwright.

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How to use Hebbel in a sentence

Most charmingly Hebbel describes his first experience of love, when but four years old.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
To comfort himself he read Hebbel's Life; and for a time he thought of going to America.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain Rolland
The same is recorded of Friedrich Hebbel, the most original of modern German dramatists.
Life of John Milton|Richard Garnett
Hebbel, especially, must be regarded as the most original and revolutionary German dramatist of the 19th century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various

With less success Sudermann attempted in Johannes a tragedy on lines suggested by Hebbel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Hebbel

Hebbel

/ (German ˈhɛbəl) /

noun

Christian Friedrich (ˈkrɪstian ˈfriːdrɪç). 1813–63, German dramatist and lyric poet, whose historical works were influenced by Hegel; his major plays are Maria Magdalena (1844), Herodes und Marianne (1850), and the trilogy Die Nibelungen (1862)

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