Wolfgang

[ woolf-gang; German vawlf-gahng ]

/ ˈwʊlf gæŋ; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ /

a male given name.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

So welcome back, Edna and Ethel; come on down, Gertrude and Percy; walk right in, Wilhelmina and Wolfgang.
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On Tuesday, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told La Stampa newspaper that they approved of the Monti methods.
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Remember how Wolfgang Münchau said the euro zone had to get it right at this summit or it would collapse?
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And honesty, explains Wolfgang, paves the way for the real advocates of traditional marriage to fight and have a voice.
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Stine, I knew thy little head was wondrous wise, but I little thought thou wouldst breed him up to avenge us on old Wolfgang!
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And from Rome he writes (April 14, 1770), that Wolfgang "takes as much care of his health as if he were a grown man."
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Wolfgang's pleasantries, in the following; letter to his cousin, show that his good humor was fully restored.
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"Mr. Wolfgang, you have become our guardian angel," said Pastor Hehrmann, gratefully grasping his hand.
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The composition, it was said, was not Wolfgang's at all, but his father's.
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