Talk:Gerhard Roßbach

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

doubtful fact

A 12,000 mile march seems very excessive. Probably unheard of. Probably not true. From where to where? How long did it take? Maybe it was 120 miles or something more like that. Moreover, the supposed march is not even mentioned in the main article Freikorps in the Baltic Hmains (talk) 22:57, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

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Article needs cleaning up for NPOV it sound very much an attack whereas the German version includes a wider variety of details. Agathoclea 23:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Last edited at 23:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 16:08, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Schill

The element Schill- is frequently found in names of youth groups led by Roßbach, and it translates into English literally as sild(https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sild), yet it is not glossed in this (or other related) Wiki articles. I would surmise that it must be parallel in meaning to small fry, and thus might advance the suggestion of a weak translation along the lines of youth. What do other editors think? Nuttyskin (talk) 00:05, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Well, that certainly stirred up a response: the reply was deafening.

Since that comment in August 2023, I have read in German Wikipedia that Roßbach's original intent in naming groups like the Schilljugend was to honour and perpetuate the memory of Ferdinand von Schill, a 19th Century Prussian soldier and freikorps leader.

Nuttyskin (talk) 18:47, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

😅 as elusive as WW2 Germany was, I suggest the youth were perhaps deemed 'a bridge' to Germany's future...

(genitive silla, partitive silda)

From https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sild

>bridge

A construction spanning across a waterway, road, etc. allowing the flow of traffic.

Pirita jõe sild ― the bridge over the river Pirita

raudsild ― iron bridge

betoonsild ― concrete bridge

Ära kiida silda enne, kui koormaga üle saad! (Estonian proverb)

Don't praise a bridge before you cross it with the burden!

A spiritual connection. synonym ▲

kultuurisild ― cultural bridge

laulusild ― song bridge

hingesild ― spiritual bridge

Tahame olla sild Põhja- ja Lõuna-Euroopa vahel.

We want to be the bridge between Northern and Southern Europe.

Synonym: ühenduslüli

(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a ship from which it is navigated. synonyms ▲

Sillal võttis vahi üle esimene tüürimees.

The first mate took over the watch on the bridge.

Synonyms: kaptenisild, komandosild

(dentistry) A non-movable denture replacing one or several adjacent teeth supported by natural teeth synonym ▲

Suhu liimitud silda ei saa patsient ise suust eemaldada.

The patient can't remove a bridge, that is glued into their mouth, by themselves.

Synonym: sildprotees

(gymnastics, dance, wrestling) bridge position, backbend

jetty, wharf, dock, pier

A temporary structure for mooring. synonyms ▲

Synonyms: maabumissild, randumissild, sadamasild

axle, axletree

A bar or beam of a motor vehicle connecting the opposite wheels, on which the frame rests. synonyms ▲

Synonyms: veosild, veotelg

pons

(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata. synonym ▲

Synonym: ajusild

JUST THE MUSINGS OF AN old AFICIONADO...😉 67.6.94.64 (talk) 22:41, 13 October 2023 (UTC)