von

[ von; German fawn, unstressed fuhn ]

/ vɒn; German fɔn, unstressed fən /

from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility): Paul von Hindenburg.

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Question 1 of 7

What does “Indigenous” mean?

Did the producers just reuse the Von Trapp children from last year and hope that no one would notice?
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David Lowery of Camper von Beethoven and Cracker made this case in a viral post from 2012.
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Von Furstenberg generally refuses to meditate on the meaning of life.
Diane von Furstenberg: How I Learned to Love My Wrap Dress|Lizzie Crocker|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“He deserves 80 percent of the credit [for us being together],” says von Furstenberg.
Diane von Furstenberg: How I Learned to Love My Wrap Dress|Lizzie Crocker|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Looking back now, she really is the one who said, ‘This is genius,’” von Furstenberg recalls.
Diane von Furstenberg: How I Learned to Love My Wrap Dress|Lizzie Crocker|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eschenbach (eshen-ba˙h), Wolfram von, German medival poet or minnesinger, flourished in the first half of the thirteenth century.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
Von Herbert wrote an order to the Major of the Pandours for a detachment to take the duty of the imperial apartments.
Tales from Blackwood|Various
This was the one through which Miss von Schwertfeger had led her in the night before.
The Song of Songs|Hermann Sudermann
In 1850 he was general staff officer of the mobile division under von Tietzen in Hesse-Cassel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
"They did not think it necessary," von Staden interrupted smilingly.
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