HOW TO PRONOUNCE
diener
/ˈdinɚ/
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What does diener mean?
noun
- A morgue worker responsible for handling, moving, and cleaning the corpse.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdinɚ/
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It is now more commonly called “the Workers’ Lovefeast”, an attempt to unite “Helper” and “Diener” in a term understood by all.
Nietzsche thought it was a bad sign of the times that even rulers have lost the courage of their positions, and that a man of Frederick the Great’s power and distinguished gifts should have been able to say: “Ich bin der erste Diener des Staates” (I am the first servant of the State.) To this utterance of the great sovereign, verse 24 undoubtedly refers.