Biedermeier.
Biedermeier
Meaning & usage
Biedermeier
Where this word comes from
The period is named after the fictional poet Gottlieb Biedermaier, a pseudonym used by Adolf Kussmaul and Ludwig Eichrodt in poems they published in the Munich satirical weekly Fliegende Blätter in 1850. The particular choice of name is a reference to Biedermann and bieder (“simple-minded”).
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Where this word comes from
The period is named after the fictional poet Gottlieb Biedermaier, a pseudonym used by Adolf Kussmaul and Ludwig Eichrodt in poems they published in the Munich satirical weekly Fliegende Blätter in 1850. The particular choice of name is a reference to Biedermann and bieder (“simple-minded”).
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