floskel in English

Floskel [flɔskəl]nsf empty phrase

Sentence patterns related to "floskel"

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1. Laut Robert Fripp ist Beelzebub eine Wortentlehnung der arabischen Floskel B'il Sabab, was ungefähr „Der Mann mit einem Ziel“ bedeute.

According to Robert Fripp, Beelzebub would be an anglicised form of the Arabic phrase "B'il Sabab", meaning "the man with an aim".

2. Diese letzte Floskel wurde mit der Zeit zu ampersand verschliffen und in dieser Form um das Jahr 1837 in den allgemeinen englischen Sprachgebrauch übernommen.

This last phrase was routinely slurred to "ampersand" and the term had entered common English usage by 1837.