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Examples
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“Der teufel,” said Kolb; “dot is your own bassion for de liddle goldfinches.”
Eve and David 2007
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“Dose teufel of geniuses of de common people hafe alvays ten vays of making money, and ein dozen vays of spending it,” said the Baron to himself, quite unconscious that Panurge had thought the same thing.
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“Der teufel,” said Kolb; “dot is your own bassion for de liddle goldfinches.”
Eve and David 2007
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Te teufel! mein moosic sall not go to de Parliament! '
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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When Handel heard of the proposal, however, he burst out in a rage with, 'Te teufel! for what sall de Foundlings put mein moosic in de Parliament?
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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The butcher's crime consisted in having said, in speaking of the French, "Der teufel hohle sie" (the devil take them).
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Go on my ways with master mein, with my havresac on mein horse -- poor teufel was I-- but there was gelt in it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 Various
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"No pig but vun mit der teufel inside him vould haf got der fence over."
Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor
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"Dese Megxicans is der teufel ven dey get started, ain'd idt?" he remarked.
The Border Boys Across the Frontier John Henry Goldfrap 1898
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The Teutonic words devil, teufel, diuval, djöfull, djevful, may all be traced back to the Zend dev,4 a name in which is implicitly contained the record of the oldest monotheistic revolution known to history.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
Prolagus commented on the word teufel
Devil in German.
July 10, 2008