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German
Etymology
Literally, “sound and smoke”.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schall und Rauch
- meaninglessness, immateriality; smoke and mirrors
- Worte sind Schall und Rauch ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- sich in Schall und Rauch auflösen ― to vanish into thin air
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Marthens Garten.”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:Ich habe keinen Nahmen / Dafür! Gefühl ist alles; / Name ist Schall und Rauch, / Umnebelnd Himmelsgluth.- I have no name to give it! / Feeling is all in all: / The Name is sound and smoke, / Obscuring Heaven's clear glow.
2016, “Alles grau”, in Berliner Schule / Protopop, performed by Isolation Berlin:Alles grau, alles grau in grau / Alles taub, alles taub, taub, taub / Asche zu Asche, Staub zu Staub / Alles Rauch, alles Schall und Rauch- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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