歌德 (Gē dé) — Goethe (German poet and dramatist) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Goethe (German poet and dramatist)

Examples

歌德。
Gē dé Shì dé guó zhù míng de shī rén.
Goethe is a famous German poet.
歌德《》。
Wǒ dú guò Gē dé de zuò pǐn 《fú shì dé》.
I have read Goethe's work Faust.
歌德。
Gē dé Duì ōu zhōu wén xué yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
Goethe had a great influence on European literature.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

哥欠歌

Meaning part形符xíngfú

欠欠qiànblow

Sound part声符shēngfú

哥

哥gē歌gē

Same sound today

The shape 歌 uses 哥 for the sound and 欠, meaning blow. It came from a form of 哥 used for singing.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chìroad

Sound part声符shēngfú

惪

惪dé德dé

Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

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