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Fliegenglas
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German
de:
Etymology
de :af Fliege -n- Glas
From de Fliege -n- Glas.
Pronunciation
de [ˈfliːɡn̩ɡlaːs]
de Flie gen glas
Noun
n,es,^er
de also figurative fly bottle a type of flytrap
de Fliegenfangglas
309 Was ist dein Ziel in der Philosophie? – Der Fliege den Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas zeigen. What is your aim in philosophy?—To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. w:G. E. M. Anscombe w:Philosophical Investigations 1953
Declension
n,es,^er
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