1837.13

German-English Dictionary Cites "Base-ball"

Salience	Noteworthy
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City/State/Country:	Germany
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	UnknownUnknown
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Text	An entry for "base-ball" in an 1837 English-to Greman dictionary uses the definition "s. dass Ball-spiel mit Freistätten." {n(oun) the ball-play with free places (safe havens?")}
Sources	J. H. Kaltschmidt, A New and Complete Dictionary of the English and German Languages, Leipsic [sic], 1837, page 53. Retrievable 7/14/2013 via <kaltschmidt base-ball> search.
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Comment	Richard Hershberger notes on 7/14/2013 that "[u]nfortunately, the second volume of German to English is not available on Google Books." Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Is it possible that this entry reflects the 1796 report by Gutsmuths that English and German forms of base-ball coexisted? Protoball wonders if the 1837 book mistakenly dropped a word following the term "mit" (with). Gutsmuths called English game "ball "mit freystaten." The Protoball entry for Gutsmuths is at 1796.1 Is there a way to locate the German-to-English version of this 1837 book? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Submission Note	E-mail, July 14, 2013
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