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歌德

gē dé

2-character word

What 歌德 means

1. to sing the praises of sb

Other readings

歌德 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gē déJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet and playwright

The characters in 歌德

• 歌gēsong; (bound form) to sing
• 德dévirtue; goodness; morality

Example sentences

• 歌德曾说过：「不会说外语的人，也不懂自己的母语。」
  Goethe claimed, "one who cannot speak foreign languages does not know one's own language either".

Sounds the same

Read gē dé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哥德(Taiwan) Gothic; (Taiwan) Goethe (1749–1832), German poet and playwright