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Ostpreussen

/ ˈɔstprɔysən /

noun

  1. the German name for East Prussia

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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R�cksicht auf Ostpreussen u. d.

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A third victim was the 3,030-ton German steamer Ostpreussen, which went aground on the Danish east coast trying to avoid the British.

They sang a song of East Prussia and raised their foaming glasses at the last two lines:   "Es trinkt der Mensch, es sauft das Pferd,   In Ostpreussen 1st das umgekehrt."

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