Büchmann, Georg 1822-1884 creator Robert-tornow, Walter 1852-1895 text utu 2013 monographic de 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Geflügelte Worte: Der Citatenschatz des deutschen Volkes" by Georg Büchmann is a quotation collection first published in 1864. This landmark work transformed how Germans understood popular sayings by tracing familiar phrases to their literary origins. Büchmann gathered quotations from the Bible, ancient Greek and Roman texts, and European literature, providing exact sources and meanings for each entry. The collection became a cultural phenomenon, establishing the term "geflügelte Worte" (winged words) for quotations that entered everyday speech. Updated through numerous editions, it remains a fascinating treasury of linguistic heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefl%C3%BCgelte_Worte Release date is 2013-09-17 Produced by Lars Aronsson, Robert Kropf, Stephen Rowland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Quotations Quotations, German PN Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43759 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43759 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134014.0 43759