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Mendelsohn

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[men-dl-suhn, men-duhl-zohn] / ˈmɛn dl sən, ˈmɛn dəlˌzoʊn /

noun

  1. Erich 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.


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Erich Mendelsohn, the young architect, was a member of Munich’s artistic avant-garde, while Erwin Finlay Freundlich, one of the first German physicists to endorse the theory of relativity, belonged to the scientific avant-garde.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Mendelsohn learned of Freundlich’s plans for a solar observatory in 1917, while serving on the Russian front, and he began to draw.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I guess it was divinely ordered,” Mendelsohn says, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

The body was founded by wellness expert Claire Mendelsohn, who according to her website, "recognised the need for regulation within the profession".

From BBC ● May 10, 2025

Both Mendelsohn and Zunz omit to translate it in their German versions, simply because the sentence is more idiomatic, in the German language, without it than with it.

From Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc by Various

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