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German
- fürbaß (deprecated in the 1996 spelling reform)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vürbaz, from Old High German furbaz; equivalent to für + bass.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fyʁˈbas/
- Hyphenation: für‧bass
- Rhymes: -as
Adverb
fürbass
- (archaic) onwards, forwards
1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Ich ging fürbaß, und wie ich ging, / Da sah ich vor mir liegen, / Auf freiem Platz, ein großes Schloß, / Die Giebel hoch aufstiegen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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