#german dictionary

„The Great Gatsby“/„Der Grosse Gatsby“ ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

„Careless People“ and „Forgotten Fitzgerald“ ~Sarah Churchwell

Chance means the unpredictable occurrence which escapes our reason and our intention.

Jacob (1785 – 1863) und Wilhelm (1786 – 1859) Grimm, German linguists and collectors of fairy tales; definition from their German Dictionary

The German Dictionary was an attempt of the Brothers Grimm to collect all German words since 1500. Originally, they estimated a time of 10 years to finish the work. Starting in 1838, 80 scientists collected more than 600,000 instances. Wilhelm Grimm, who worked on the letter D, died in 1859; Jacob, who completed A, B, C, and E, died while working on the article about the word die Frucht (fruit). Generations of linguists continued the work until it was completed in 1961. The process of updating the older entries started immediately afterwards.