Karl Andresen

Karl Gustav Andresen (born June 1, 1813 in Uetersen ; † May 25, 1891 in Bonn ) was a German specialist in German .

Life

Karl Andresen attended the Christianeum in Altona until 1833 and then studied philosophy at the University of Kiel . From 1839 to 1852 he held a position as a collaborator and teacher at his former school, the Christianeum. After his release at his own request, he worked as a private tutor in various places.

From 1858 to 1865 Andresen accepted a position as senior teacher and prorector in Mülheim an der Ruhr . He then moved to Bonn, where he qualified as a private lecturer in 1870 and was appointed associate professor in 1874.

Karl Andresen died a week before his 78th birthday in Bonn and found his final resting place there.

Fonts (selection)

• About German orthography . Kunze Verlag, Mainz 1855.
• Word register for German orthography. In addition to basic preliminary remarks . 2nd edition Kunze Verlag, Mainz 1869 (EA Mainz 1856)
• The German family names . Mülheim 1862 (Realschule program).
• Register for J. Grimm's German grammar. Goettingen 1865.
• About J. Grimm's orthography (Documenta linguistica). Olms, Hildesheim 1971 (reprint of the Göttingen edition 1867).
• About the language of J. Grimms. Sendet Reprint, Schaan 1981, ISBN 3-50019710-8 (reprint of the Leipzig 1869 edition).
• The old German personal names in their development and appearance as today's gender names. Sendet, Vaduz 1983 (reprint of the Mainz edition 1873)
• About German folk etymology . 7th edition. Reisland-Verlag, Leipzig 1919. The first edition appeared in Heilbronn in 1876 ( link to the digitized version )
• Use of language and literacy in German. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1967 (reprint of the Leipzig edition 1923).
• Competitions in the explanation of the German gender names. Henninger Verlag, Heilbronn 1883.

literature

• Hugo Andresen: Sheets in memory of Karl Gustav Andresen, died in Bonn on May 2, 1891 . Georgi, Bonn 1891.
• Otto Basler:  Andresen, Karl Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 286 ( digitized version ).
• Kai D. Sievers: Andresen, Karl Gustav . In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck , Vol. 2 . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1971, pp. 39-40, ISBN 3-529-02642-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive of the Christianeum; see also: Bernd Elsner: The register of the Christianeum in Altona 1738 - 1850 . Contributions to the history of Hamburg. Published by the Association for Hamburg History, Volume 54; Hamburg 1998; Matriculation number 973
2. ↑ Archive of the Christianeum

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Andresen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Karl Andresen  in the German Digital Library