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Simplizissimus-Haus

English translation: Simplicissimus House

15:35 Sep 25, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: Simplizissimus-Haus
This is a museum in Renchen, Baden-Württemberg. What does it contain?
Julie Neill, BA (Hons), MCIL, MITI
Spain
Local time: 14:33
English translation:Simplicissimus House
Explanation:
Simplicissimus was a writer during the
German Baroque period and therefore, cannot be translated.

Literature was one of my majors, but I also verified it in Muret-Sanders
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Elisabeth Moser
United States
Local time: 08:33
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naSimplicissimus House
Elisabeth Moser
naSimplicissimus, but it's a proper name
David Halsted


  

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Simplicissimus House


Explanation:
Simplicissimus was a writer during the
German Baroque period and therefore, cannot be translated.

Literature was one of my majors, but I also verified it in Muret-Sanders


    Muret-Sanders
Elisabeth Moser
United States
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 786
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36 mins
Simplicissimus, but it's a proper name


Explanation:
In fact, Simplicissimus was not anauthor of the German Baroque period, but rather a creation of Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen. Spelled Simplicissimus in original editions (it's Latin). Wonderful stuff . . .



    Duennhaupt, Bibliographisches Handbuch der Barockliteratur (Hiersemann).
David Halsted
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