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ders.

English translation: idem (id.)

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German term or phrase:derselbe (ders.)
English translation:idem (id.)
Entered by: Christine Lam

15:23 May 26, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: ders.
this appears over and over in a list of literature citations, e. g.

Brecht, B.: Vom armen B.B. In: Bertolt Brechts Hauspostille (1927). In: ders. (1975): Werkausgabe in fünf Bänden. Band 3: Gedichte. Berlin: Aufbau Verlag.
Celan, P.: Todesfuge. In: Mohn und Gedächtnis (1952). In: ders. (1975): Gedichte in zwei Bänden. 1. Band. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp.

Thank you
Christine Lam
Local time: 23:48
idem
Explanation:
Abbreviation for "derselbe", in bibliographies usually "idem".
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Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 05:48
Grading comment
thanks!
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4 +5idem
Erik Freitag


  

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idem


Explanation:
Abbreviation for "derselbe", in bibliographies usually "idem".

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ulrike Kraemer: = the same author or article, abgekürzt id.
10 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  BirgitBerlin
23 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  Jim Tucker (X)
23 mins
  -> Danke!
agree  Bernhard Sulzer
7 hrs
  -> Danke!
agree  gdesai
11 hrs
  -> Danke!
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