Heine

[ hahy-nuh ]

/ ˈhaɪ nə /

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noun

Hein·rich

[hahyn-rikh], /ˈhaɪn rɪx/, 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.

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How to use Heine in a sentence

The Pike Club was in a back courtyard a few hundred feet into West Berlin from the checkpoint at Heinrich-Heine-Strasse.
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Liszt, bolder than Heine, makes the attempt to portray them, and writes like an inspired poet.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
Sainte-Beuve and Balzac were two of the earliest of her literary friends, among whom she numbered also Heine.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The most complete literary portrayal of George Sand that has been handed down to us, however, is by Heine.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks

Unlike Heine, this poet devoted his muse to the German romantic poets glorification of German patriotism.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
Death of Heine The last ten years of his life were clouded by ill health.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for Heine

Heine

/ (German ˈhainə) /

noun

Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1797–1856, German poet and essayist, whose chief poetic work is Das Buch der Lieder (1827). Many of his poems have been set to music, notably by Schubert and Schumann

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