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Gebirg 140
Gebirg [Ger; pl. Gebirge], mountain; mountain chain.
geboren [Ger], born: abbr. geb.
gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer [Ger], a burned child fears the fire.
Gebraucht der Zeit! sie geht so schnell von hinnen; doch Ordnung
lehrt euch Zeit gewinnen [Ger],
Use then each hour—fast, fast they glide away;
But learn, through Order, Time's swift flight to stay.
—GOETHE.
Gebrüder [Ger], brothers: abbr. Gbr. or Geb.
gedämpft [Ger], muffled; muted: music.
Gedicht [Ger; pl. Gedichte], poem.
geflügelte Worte [Ger], winged words. Cf. eirect irrepóevTa (épea
pteróenta).
Gefühl [Ger], feeling; sentiment; music, expression.
gehend [Ger], at a walking pace; andante: music.
geisha [Jap], lit., art person; a young woman trained to entertain and
provide company for men: Japan.
Geist [Ger], spirit; animating principle.
geistig [Ger], spiritual; intellectual; witty.
geläufig [Ger], fluent; voluble; facile.
Geld oder Tod [Ger], lit., money or death; your money or your life.
Geld regiert die Welt [Ger], money rules the world.
gelée [Fr], frost; cookery, jelly. —gelée de groseille, currant jelly.
Gelehrten-verein [Ger], a literary society or club.
7€λως άκαιρος kv βροτοΐς ôeivov κακόν [Gr; gélos ákairos en brotoîs
deinòn kakón], ill-timed laughter in mortals is a grievous evil: Menander.
gemach [Ger], comfortable; easy. —gemach!, stop! hold on! easy there!
not so fast!
gemütlich [Ger], good-natured; kindly.
Gemütlichkeit [Ger], good nature; kindliness; cordiality; easygoing
disposition; freedom from financial worries.
gendarme [Fr], a soldier employed as a policeman, esp. in France.
gendarmerie [Fr], force of gendarmes: constabulary.
génépi [Fr], a sweet absinthe, made from alpine wormwood.
generalia [L], general principles.
géneros [Sp], goods; commodities.
genius loci [L; pl. genii loci], the genius (or presiding deity) of a place.
genre [Fr], kind; sort; species; style; fine arts, portrayal of scenes from
everyday life. —de bon genre, gentlemanly; ladylike, —de mauvais
genre, ungentlemanly; unladylike.
gens [Fr], people; persons; domestics; nations. —gens d'affaires, business
people. —gens d'armes, men at arms: hist. —gens de condition,
people of rank. —gens d'église, clergymen; churchmen. —gens de