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Händel

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See also: Handel and handel

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Considered to be the plural of Handel m

Noun

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Händel pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete) fighting, quarrelling
    Er sucht Händel.He wants to pick a fight.
    • 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont, act 2 scene 1:
      Um eine Kanne Bier bezahlt zu kriegen, fangen sie Händel an, die viel tausend Menschen unglücklich machen.
      To be paid one jug of beer, they start quarrels, which will bring misfortune to thousands of people.
    • 1801, Friedrich Schiller, Maria Stuart, act 4 scene 4:
      Was unterfangt Ihr Euch, / In Euren blut'gen Frevel mich zu flechten? / Verteidigt Eure bösen Händel selbst!
      Do you venture / to get me involved with your bloody atrocity? / Defend your evil quarrel on your own!
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Tor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎[1]:
      Nach Burgdorf kommt herauf, gewiß dort findet ihr / Die schönsten Mädchen und das beste Bier, / Und Händel von der ersten Sorte.
      Come up to Burgdorf, there you'll surely find / the fairest maidens and best of beers / and brawling of the foremost kind.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Händel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Händels or (with an article) Händel, feminine genitive Händel, plural Händels or Händel)

  1. a surname transferred from the given name derived from a pet form of Hans, from Johannes (John)
  2. (music) more specifically George Frideric Handel born Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759), German-British composer
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