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Irrthum

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German

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Noun

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Irrthum m (strong, genitive Irrthumes or Irrthums, plural Irrthümer)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Irrtum which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
    • 1813, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, edited by Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Einleitungsvorlesungen in die Wissenschaftslehre, Leipzig, published 1924, page 39:
      »Ich stelle es mir nur vor, denke mir’s nur: es ist darum keine Wahrheit darin, eitel Irrthum und Täuschung.«
      “I merely imagine it, think it: therefore there is no truth in it, vain mistake and deception.”

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