Pour le Mérite

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpuːɐ̯ lə meˈʁɪt/, /... meˈʁiːt/
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Proper noun

der Pour le Mérite m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Pour le Mérite)

  1. Pour le Mérite (high Prussian decoration)
    Der Schriftsteller Ernst Jünger war der letzte lebende Träger des militärischen Pour le Mérite.
    The author Ernst Jünger was the last living bearer of the military Pour le Mérite.