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Below we offer a few famous and not-so-famous quotations in German related to the various ways of saying “people.” Also see today's Zitat des Tages.
LEUTE
«Leute von heute»
“People of today”
- Name of the gossip section in Bunte, a German illustrated weekly
«Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute,
sagen alle faulen Leute.»
“Tomorrow, tomorrow, just not today,
that's what all lazy people say.”
- German saying/Sprichwort
MENSCHEN
«Alle Menschen werden Brüder»
“All people (men) become brothers.”
- Friedrich Schiller, "An die Freude"/"Ode to Joy"
«Die Menschen sind nicht immer, was sie scheinen.»
“People aren't always what they seem.”
- G.E. Lessing, "Nathan der Weise"/"Nathan the Wise"
VOLK
«Ihr Völker der Welt, schaut auf diese Stadt!»
“People of the world, look at this city!”
- Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter (1889-1953), on Sept. 9, 1948, protesting Soviet abuses in the eastern sector of Berlin
«Wir sind das Volk!»
“We are the people!”
- Slogan of East German protestors in 1989
«Wir, das Volk der Vereinigten Staaten...»
“We, the people of the United States...”
- Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, 1789
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RELATED PAGES
Zitat des Tages
The daily quotation in German and English.
People - Part One
The first part of this lesson.
Nationalities
All about Land und Leute in English and German.
More Tricky German Words
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English-German Glossaries
Annotated glossaries on specialized topics - from "aerospace" to "travel."
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