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* '''Riesengebirge:''' the Sudetic Mountains (lit. "Giants' Mountains") which divide Bohemia and Moravia from Saxony  
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* '''Riesengebirge:''' the Sudetic Mountains (lit. "Giants' Mountains") which divide Bohemia and Moravia from Saxony. On its highest peak (Schneekoppe) there is a chapel to St Lawrence
  
* ''German'' '''Riesen:''' giants
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* '''Riesen:''' (''German'') giants
  
 
* '''risen'''
 
* '''risen'''
  
* ''German'' '''geborgt:''' fictitious, false; borrowed
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* '''geborgt:''' (''German'') fictitious, false; borrowed
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* '''geboren:''' (''German'') born
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* '''borg:''' (German) on credit; using credit to rise
  
* ''German'' '''geboren:''' born
 
  
 
[[Category: German phrases]]
 
[[Category: German phrases]]
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[[Category:giant]]

Latest revision as of 13:32, 1 June 2019

  • Riesengebirge: the Sudetic Mountains (lit. "Giants' Mountains") which divide Bohemia and Moravia from Saxony. On its highest peak (Schneekoppe) there is a chapel to St Lawrence
  • Riesen: (German) giants
  • risen
  • geborgt: (German) fictitious, false; borrowed
  • geboren: (German) born
  • borg: (German) on credit; using credit to rise