For example, in German: Oldtimer refers to an old car ( or antique aircraft ) rather than an old person, while Handy refers to a mobile phone.

* Oldtimer Segelflugclub ( in German )

* Classic cars ( known in German by the pseudo-English expression Oldtimer ) can get an H ( historisch, historic ) at the end of the plate, such as K-AA 100H in order to preserve the so called " vehicle of cultural value " ( kraftfahrtechnisches Kulturgut ").

The Wasserkuppe is also the home of the Oldtimer Segelflugclub ( OSC-Oldtimer Gliding Club ), dedicated ( as its name suggests ) to flying vintage sailplanes.

* Oldtimer car meeting (" susreti oldtimera ")

A Lola-built Nissan R90CK Group C sports car at the DAMC 05 Oldtimer Festival Nürburgring.

Perhaps the Aster computer inspired another Dutch computer firm to name their computer after another typical Dutch flower — the Tulip's Tulip System-1 which appeared about the same time Aster folded.

A good illustration of the risk of DLC arbitrage is the position in Royal Dutch Shell — which had a DLC structure until 2005 — by the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management ( LTCM, see also the discussion below ).

For the Bandanese, on the other hand, although they welcomed another competitor purchaser for their spices, the items of trade offered by the Dutch — heavy woollens, and damasks, unwanted manufactured goods, for example — were usually unsuitable in comparison to traditional trade products.

Many Dutch people subscribe every year to an event called fietsvierdaagse — four days of organised cycling through the local environment.

Two paintings ( both dated 1565 ) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling — Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf.

In many European languages, words derived from this root take after the first meaning — English being a notable exception ( e. g. French and Dutch concurrent, German Konkurrent and Russian конкурент translate as " competitor " in English ).

The Dutch Republic was born, a nation with Protestants, Catholics and Jews — and an unusual policy of tolerance.

The next to arrive were the Dutch, the British — who set up a trading post in the west coast port of Surat in 1619 — and the French.

The captains of these ships — Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout on the Gouden Cath ( Golden Cat ) and Jacob de Gouwenaer on the Orangienboom ( Orange Tree )— named it Mr. Joris Eylant after the Dutch cartographer Joris Carolus who was on board and mapped the island.

The government had to fight smuggling — which became a favorite American technique in the 18th century to circumvent the restrictions on trading with the French, Spanish or Dutch.

Van Buren was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president not of British or Irish descent — his family was Dutch.

At first, Charles II opposed the alliance with the Dutch ruler — he preferred that Mary marry the heir to the French Throne, the Dauphin Louis, thus allying his realms with Catholic France and strengthening the odds of a Catholic successor in Britain ; but later, under pressure from Parliament and with a coalition with the Catholic French no longer politically favourable, he approved the union.

Queen Wilhelmina had promised in a 1942 speech to offer autonomy to the overseas territories of the Netherlands, and British and American occupation — with consent by the Dutch government — of the islands during the war led to increasing demands for autonomy within the population as well.

In the federal ( bicameral ) kingdom of Belgium, there is a curious asymmetrical constellation serving as directly elected legislatures for three " territorial " regions — Flanders ( Dutch ), Brussels ( bilingual, certain peculiarities of competence, also the only region not comprising any of the 10 provinces ) and Wallonia ( French )— and three cultural communities — Flemish ( Dutch, competent in Flanders and for the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Brussels ), Francophone ( French, for Wallonia and for Francophones in Brussels ) and German ( for speakers of that language in a few designated municipalities in the east of the Walloon Region, living alongside Francophones but under two different regimes )

* Patrick Kinser-Lau — Shogun's Companion, Girl, Dutch Admiral, British Sailor

* Please Hello — Abe, Reciter, American, British, Dutch, Russian and French Admirals )

If the Africans were not much interested in acquiring slaves, the Portuguese — as well as the Dutch, French, and English who arrived later — certainly were.

In German, words starting with sch-( constituting the German phoneme ) would be intercalated between words with initial sca-and sci-( all incidentally loanwords ) instead of this graphic cluster appearing after the letter s, as though it were a single letter — a lexicographical policy which would be de rigueur in a dictionary of Albanian, i. e. dh -, ë -, gj -, ll -, rr -, th -, xh-and zh-( all representing phonemes and considered separate single letters ) would follow the letters d, e, g, l, n, r, t, x and z respectively.

German words with umlaut would further be alphabetized as if there were no umlaut at all — contrary to Turkish which allegedly adopted the German graphemes ö and ü, and where a word like tüfek, " gun ", would come after tuz, " salt ", in the dictionary.

When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Austrian variety of the German language — limited to 23 agricultural terms — was " protected " in Protocol No 10, regarding the use of specific Austrian terms of the German language in the framework of the European Union, which forms part of the Austrian EU accession treaty.

Taking the title " Margrave of Brandenburg ", he pressed the " crusade " against the Wends, extended the area of his mark, encouraged German migration, established bishoprics under his protection, and so became the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157, which his heirs — the House of Ascania — held until the line died out in 1320.

The book tells the story of Paul Bäumer, a soldier who — urged on by his school teacher — joins the German army shortly after the start of World War I. Bäumer arrives at the Western Front with his friends and schoolmates ( Tjaden, Müller, Kropp and a number of other characters ).

After completing his term of apprenticeship, Dürer followed the common German custom of taking Wanderjahre — in effect gap year — in which the apprentice learned skills from artists in other areas ; Dürer was to spend about four years away.

After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin — the capital of East Germany — and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall ( 1961 – 1989 ).

Each of the national governments based in Berlin — the 1871 German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, East Germany, and now the reunified Germany — initiated ambitious ( re -) construction programs, with each adding its own distinctive style to the city's architecture.

* A battle of encirclement — the Kesselschlacht of the German Blitzkrieg — surrounds the enemy in a pocket.

Biological sabotage – in the form of anthrax and glanders — was undertaken on behalf of the Imperial German government during World War I ( 1914 – 1918 ), with indifferent results.

But in her effort to win Bulgaria for the Central Powers, and seeing the inevitability of Ottoman disintegration, was toying with the idea of replacing the Balkan area of the Ottomans with a friendly Greater Bulgaria in her San Stefano borders — an idea that was based on the German origin of the Bulgarian King and his anti-Russian sentiments.

Three railway stations — those of the German, French and Swiss networks — lie within the city ( although the Swiss ( Basel SBB ) and French ( Bâle SNCF ) stations are actually in the same complex, separated by Customs and Immigration facilities ).

In German, many nouns carry a grammatical gender — which, for roles or job titles, is felt usually as masculine.

There are other specialised courts in Croatia — commercial courts and the Superior Commercial Court, misdemeanour courts, the Superior Misdemeanour ( criminal ) Court, the Administrative Court and the Croatian Constitutional Court ().

* Gverc or Medovina — Croatian mead prepared in Samobor and many other places.

* Medica — Slovenian, Croatian, variety of Mead.

* Medovina — Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Bosnian and Slovak for mead.

In 1922, the Italian regime of Benito Mussolini declared the village of Susnieviza — which they renamed to Valdarsa after the Arsa Valley ( valle d ' Arsa ) region ( it has since reverted to the pre-Italian name but written in Croatian as Šušnjevica ) — to be the seat for the Istro-Romanians, with a designated school in the Istro-Romanian language.

During the Croatian War of Independence, Slavonia saw fierce fighting — including the Battle of Vukovar.

The treaty left the issue of Croatia's status to Hungary as a part of Transleithania — and the status was resolved by the Croatian – Hungarian Settlement of 1868, when the kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia were united as the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

The Croatian Minute Movie Cup — an international festival featuring one minute long movies — and the national dog show are held in May The events in June are St. John's Bonfire ( 21 June ), Kulenijada — a special event dedicated to presentation and tasting of the very best kulen ( Slavonian paprika-flavoured sausages ), served with quality local wines.

* Croatia — Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats

* Air-Condition ( German, Croatian, Greek, Swedish ) — air conditioning

* Autostop or stop ( Croatian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian автостоп, Spanish, Turkish ) — hitchhiking

* Camping ( Croatian, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian кемпинг, Spanish ) — campsite

* Discount ( Diskont ) ( Croatian, German, Polish Dyskont, Serbian ) — a store

* Fitness ( Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian фитнес, Spanish, Turkish ) — fitness training as a kind of gymnastics

* Flipper ( Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian ; Croatian fliper, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese ) — pinball machine

* Fotoshop ( Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Turkish ), fotosop ( Hungarian ) — a manipulated photo ( from the name of Adobe Photoshop )

* Full ( Croatian, Serbian ful, Turkish ) — Full house ( in poker )

* Happy end ( Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean 해피엔드, Japanese ハッピーエンド, Polish, Romanian, Russian хэппи-энд ) — happy ending

* Killer ( Croatian, Italian, German, Polish, Russian киллер ) — hitman, contract killer

* Lifting ( Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Romanian, Spanish, Swiss German ) — facelift '

* Mail ( Croatian, German, Danish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish ) — e-mail

* Marketing ( Arabic, German, Croatian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish ) — advertising