Zweig

[ zwahyg, swahyg; German tsvahyk ]

/ zwaɪg, swaɪg; German tsvaɪk /

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noun

Ar·nold

[ahr-nuhld; German ahr-nawlt], /ˈɑr nəld; German ˈɑr nɔlt/, 1887–1968, German novelist, essayist, and dramatist.

Ste·fan

[stef-uhn, -ahn; German shte-fahn], /ˈstɛf ən, -ɑn; German ˈʃtɛ fɑn/, 1881–1942, Austrian dramatist, critic, biographer, and novelist.

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How to use Zweig in a sentence

Were you flipping through a Zweig novel and suddenly got inspired to write the film?
Wes Anderson Takes Us Inside ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ His Most Exquisite Film|Marlow Stern|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One feels the same sense of dislocation reading Zweig, his world is indeed a “world of yesterday”.
Wes Anderson’s Austrian Muse: Stefan Zweig|Lucy Scholes|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zweig was born into an affluent Jewish family in Vienna in 1881.
Wes Anderson’s Austrian Muse: Stefan Zweig|Lucy Scholes|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many authors are lauded for successfully capturing the zeitgeist but Zweig outdid them all.
Wes Anderson’s Austrian Muse: Stefan Zweig|Lucy Scholes|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Reading Stefan Zweig, he talks about the beginning of the First World War,” he said.
The Cast of ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Says Wes Anderson Is a Genius Hardass|Nico Hines|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zweig has steered his course skilfully between the dangers of archaism and anachronism.
The Forerunners|Romain Rolland

British Dictionary definitions for Zweig

Zweig

/ (German tsvaik) /

noun

Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1887–1968, German novelist, famous for his realistic war novel The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1927)

Stefan (ˈʃtɛfan). 1881–1942, Austrian novelist, dramatist, essayist, and poet

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