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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔn ˈdanən/, /fɔn ˈdann̩/
Phrase
von dannen
- (dated, literary) away from there; thence (literally, “from thence”)
1851, Heinrich Heine, “Jehuda ben Halevy”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:In die Brust des armen Sängers / Stieß er diesen Todesspeer, / Und er jagte rasch von dannen, / Wie ein Schattenbild beflügelt.- Into the Breast of the poor Singer / thrust he this Deathspear, / and he flew swiftly away from thence, / like a shadow bewinged.
1922, Hermann Hesse, “Bei den Samanas”, in Siddhartha :Und die Jünglinge erwiderten dankend die Verneigungen, erwiderten den Wunsch, zogen grüßend von dannen.- And the younglings, thanking, returned the bows, responded to the wish, and, greeting, departed from there.
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