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Subject: old German word
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: wort-ga
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Posted: 13 Jan 2005 10:47 PST
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Question ID: 456697

What is the meaning of ersodert or ersodern? This word is in an 18th
century text about playing the organ.

Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 13 Jan 2005 10:59 PST
Could you provide the context, maybe the entire sentence the word is found in?

Scriptor

Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 13 Jan 2005 20:33 PST
Could the word be "erfordert" or "erfordern"?

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Subject: Re: old German word
From: thepoet-ga on 14 Jan 2005 12:40 PST

Hey, in old texts the "f" looks like an "s" and so it is not
"ersodert" but it is "erfordert"... Erfoerderung means requirement, so
erfordert means requirement.
Hope this answers your question. Feel free to contact me for any more doubts...

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