Kaiserwetter (expression)
Kaiserwetter (sometimes also: Königswetter ) is a colloquial expression and means "sunny weather " with a deep blue, cloudless sky.
origin
The origin of this saying is asserted with reference to both Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and the German Emperor Wilhelm II .
Emperor Franz Joseph I.
According to the German dictionary published by Hermann Paul and according to Duden , this expression originally goes back to the mostly bright sunshine on August 18th, the birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916). The monarch usually celebrated his birthday in Bad Ischl .
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
According to the German dictionary of proverbs published by Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander , the saying has become proverbial because the weather was usually fine at national festivals at which the German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859–1941) appeared.
reception
During the time of National Socialism , the terminology was transferred to the person Adolf Hitler in speeches and in common parlance . There were the terms Führerwetter, as well as Hitlerwetter.
Karl Jakob Hirsch achieved great public success with his novel Kaiserwetter , set in Hanover , of the same name .
The band Razzia used the term as the title of a song on their LP Ausflug mit Franziska (1986).
literature
- Aleš Puda: On the theory of leaning in German-Czech language contact. A historical-comparative study in the Inner Slavic and European context (= Heidelberg publications on Slavic Studies, vol. 18), Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-631-60842-5 , P. 208.
- Royal weather. In: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander : German Proverbs Lexicon . 1867-1880.
Web links
- Kaiserwetter on ostarrichi.org
- Peter Schamoni : Majesty need sun . DVD documentation. Arthaus publishing house
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Paul: German dictionary. History of meaning and structure of our vocabulary , 9th edition, Max Niemayer, Tübingen 1992, ISBN 3-484-73057-9 , p. 516.
- ↑ Duden: Imperial weather
- ^ Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander: Kaiserwetter . In: German Proverbs Lexicon , 1867–1880
- ↑ Gisela and Hans-Jörg Wohlfromm: And tomorrow there is Hitler weather! Everyday and curious things from the Third Reich. Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2006.
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- ^ Hugo Thielen : Hirsch, Karl Jakob. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 170.