Re: phrase on side of German coin?


Paul Schmitz-Josten schrieb:

> <wboas@xxxxxxx> in <Pine.SUN.3.96.1051126192651.26937A-100000@nyx>:
>
> > `Gemeinnutz geht vor eigennutz'
> >
> >That is it is engraved into the circumferance of the edge of
> >the coin.
>
> What kind of coin is that? From which time?
>
> >I have forgotten the German I learned from my Grandmother,
> >but using a dictionary does it essentially mean:
> >
> > `community goes before self-interest'
> >
> >If there are still any Germans or those fluent in German here,
> >could you please offer a more exact translation?
>
> www.leo.org says "public utility" vs. self-interest.
>
> BTW: news:alt.usage.german is alive.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Paul

Ciau ragas!

This simly means "Public-interrests comes before self-interrests".
Deeper meaning is something like: A single person has nothing to say
against the interrests/opinion of the public.

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