Moritz Trautmann (24 March 1842, in

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– 23 April 1920, in Frankfurt) was a German Anglist. He studied

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and modern languages at the universities of

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and

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, and taught classes in Küstrin and

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. In 1876 he qualified as a lecturer of English philology, and four years later became an associate professor of English language and literature at the

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(full professor in 1885).Thibaut - Zycha
/ edited by

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Dictionary of German Dictionary In 1877, with

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, he was cofounder of the journal '' Anglia'', and from 1898 was editor of the ''Bonner Beiträge zur Anglistik''.

Selected works

* ''Bildung und Gebrauch der Tempora und Modi in der Chanson de Roland'', 1871 – Formation and the use of tenses and modes in ''

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''. * ''Über Verfasser und Entstehungszeit einiger alliterirender Gedichte des Altenglischen'', 1876. * ''Lachmanns Betonungsgesetze und Otfrids Vers'', 1877 –

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's emphasis and Otfrid of Weissenburg's verse. * Golagrus und Gawain, 1878 (as editor) – ''

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''. * ''Die Sprachlaute : im allgemeinen, und die Laute des englischen, französischen und deutschen im besondern'', 1884 – Language sounds, in general, and the sounds of English, French, and German, in particular. * ''Kynewulf, der Bischof und Dichter: Untersuchungen über seine Werke und sein Leben'', 1898 –

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, the bishop and poet; studies of his life and works. * ''Kleine Lautlehre des Deutschen, Französischen und Englischen'', 1903 – Small

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of German, French and English. * ''Finn und Hildebrand: zwei beiträge zur kenntnis der altgermanischen heldendichtung'', 1903 – Finn and

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; two contributions to the knowledge of the old German heroic poem. * ''Das Beowulflied; als anhang das Finn-bruchstück und die Waldhere-bruchstücke'', 1904. * ''Die altenglischen Rätsel : (die Rätsel des Exeterbuchs)'', 1915 – Old English riddles: (the riddles of the

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).HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trautmann, Moritz 1842 births 1920 deaths People from Jessen (Elster) Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Halle alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn German philologists Linguists from Germany