Klopstock

[klawp-shtawk]

noun

1. Friedrich Gottlieb 1724–1803, German poet.

Klopstock

/ ˈklɔpʃtɔk /

noun

1. Friedrich Gottlieb (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈɡɔtliːp). 1724–1803, German poet, noted for his religious epic Der Messias (1748–73) and for his odes

Example Sentences

“Do you really think Bruce Willis would agree to be named Klopstock?”

From Washington Post

He was influenced both by Uz and Klopstock, but his love for the Volkslied and his delight in nature preserved him from the artificiality of the one poet and the unworldliness of the other.

From Project Gutenberg

It is said that Klopstock wrote continually to her even after her death.

From Project Gutenberg

He has exhibited a series of twenty designs from Klopstock's 'Messiah;' amongst which, some of particular interest.

From Project Gutenberg

French and Italian he seems to have been acquainted with so far as he deemed it necessary; but his principal literary studies were confined to Lessing, Bürger, Wieland, and Klopstock.

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