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Fliegenglas
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German
Etymology
Noun
Fliegenglas n (strong, genitive Fliegenglases, plural Fliegengläser)
- (also figurative) fly bottle (a type of flytrap)
- 1953, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophische Untersuchungen, § 309; republished as G. E. M. Anscombe, transl., Philosophical Investigations, 1953:
- Was ist dein Ziel in der Philosophie? – Der Fliege den Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas zeigen.
- What is your aim in philosophy?—To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.
Declension
Declension of Fliegenglas [neuter, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
Fliegenglas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Fliegenglas” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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