unbeschriebenes Blatt

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unbeschriebenes Blatt n (strong, definite nominative das unbeschriebene Blatt, genitive (des) unbeschriebenen Blatts or (des) unbeschriebenen Blattes, plural unbeschriebene Blätter, definite plural die unbeschriebenen Blätter)

  1. (figurative) blank canvas, blank slate, unknown quantity
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 64; republished as Helen T. Lowe-Porter, transl., 1927:
      In seinen blauen Augen unter den rötlich blonden Brauen war keine Antwort auf solche Fragen mitbürgerlicher Neugier zu lesen, und er wußte auch wohl noch gar keine, Hans Castorp, dies unbeschriebene Blatt.
      In his blue eyes, under their reddish-brown brows, his fellow citizens read no answer to their curious questioning. And he probably knew none himself, Hans Castorp, this still unwritten page.

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