English
Goethe
Goethe comes from German Goethe.
- Germanc. 1650–presentGoethe
- Englishearliest quotation 1978same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentGoethe
- Englishearliest quotation 1978same form
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “The dictatorship of the proletariat was only a short,…”
Every English word from German Goethe
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Goethe / Goethe