Wednesday, December 24, 2014

word of the day: fleissig

The word of the day is fleissig:

diligent (Google translate)


"She was fleissig - the opposite of lazy."
 - Rainer Eppelmann, as quoted by George Packer, "The Quiet German: The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in the world", 1 December 2014 The New Yorker 

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