"Eines Mannes wert ist keines Mannes wert"
English translation: It's not an actual saying
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| German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Heidi Stone-Schaller Local time: 16:51 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | It's not an actual saying |
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| 3 | A man's worth is no man´s worth... |
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| 3 | Along the lines of “eines Mannes Rede ist keines Mannes Rede” |
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peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2It's not an actual saying Explanation: at least I've never heard of it. For the sentence to be grammatical, it should read "Eines Mannes *W*ert..." Literally it means "A man's worth is not worthy of a man." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2004-04-18 10:51:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- the second \"wert\" must remain in lower case. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 22 mins (2004-04-18 11:43:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Since you asked for the meaning: What I wrote above is the only sense I can make of it. I searched the internet and a reference work I own on very rare sayings but it never showed. Ahhhh I got it! It means: The value/worth of a man is not worth a man\'s life!!! That\'s gotta be it. So a man/person shouldn\'t sacrifice his/her life to defend his/her honor/dignity. |
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