Quivive
Quivive (actually: qui vive = who live in the meaning of who should celebrate ) is the call from French guards, mainly before the revolution of 1789, to people who wanted to pass a gate or a certain path. The answer was then Vive le Roi (= Long live the King ), Vive la révolution! (= Long live the revolution! ), Or another agreed slogan . In doing so, he indicated that he belonged to the same troop or party.
The expression still exists in German colloquially in the phrase "to be on the quivive" , which means something like being on the lookout , paying attention , being attentive or being particularly well informed .
Different spelling in the literature
Alfred Andersch uses the spelling Kiwif in his novel “Winterspelt” : “Well, I don't underestimate carcass obedience, but strangely enough, they are very into the Kiwif when they smell rubbish, something that goes against order, against the Führer and Reich. "
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- Knaur: The German Dictionary, 1985, page 779
- Renate Wahrig-Burfeind: TRUE. German dictionary. 9th, completely revised and updated edition. knowledgemedia in inmedia ONE, Gütersloh / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-577-07595-4 , article: "Quivive".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Andersch: Winterspelt . Novel. Diogenes, Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-257-01518-6 , page 281.