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kurzfristiger
oath
German
German
English
English
Eid <-[e]s, -e> [ait, pl ˈaidə] N m
Eid
einen Eid auf jdn/etw acc leisten
jdm einen Eid abnehmen
etw auf seinen Eid nehmen
to swear to sth
es steht Eid gegen Eid
[to be] under [or Brit on] oath
to depose form
English
English
German
German
to depone [sth]
Eid m <-(e)s, -e>
to take [or make][or swear] an oath on sth
under [or Brit [up]on]oath
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Der Grund für die Überlieferung der Eide als Zitate im Originaltext war zweifellos, dass bei einem Eid der genaue Wortlaut wichtig ist.
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Danach schworen die Unterführer jeweils als Gruppe, wobei sie ihren Eid in der eigenen Sprache leisteten.
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Auch einige athenische Klerucheninseln leisteten einen Eid auf die Seleukidenkönige.
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Ende 1839 hatte er auch Erfolg, doch bestand die Regierung auf dem Eid.
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Sie werden jedoch bereits von ihren rachsüchtigen Ehefrauen erwartet, die einen Eid geschworen haben, sie ausnahmslos zu töten.
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Zur Sammlung zählen bspw. das älteste bekannte, verzierte Ledergefäß, das vor 6000 Jahren in einem ägyptischen Grab versenkt wurde, oder die Aktentasche, die der französische Kaiser Napoleon 1. persönlich verwendete oder auch das Paar Turnschuhe, in denen Joschka Fischer seinen Eid als Minister abgab.
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www.kultur-frankfurt.de
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The Museum’s collection includes, for example, the oldest known leather vessel, which was entombed in an Egyptian grave 6000 years ago, the briefcase used personally by the French Emperor Napoleon I and the pair of trainers worn by Joschka Fischer when swearing his oath of office.
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7 Darum versprach er ihr mit einem Eid, er wolle ihr geben, was sie fordern würde.
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www.bibleserver.com
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7 so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
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(2) Der Eid kann ohne die Worte "so wahr mir Gott helfe" geleistet werden.
www.gesetze-im-internet.de
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(2) The oath can be taken without use of the words "so help me God".
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Der Nachweis kann geführt werden, durch eine entsprechende Versicherung an Eides statt in der deutschen Botschaft.
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www.bundeswahlleiter.de
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This may be substantiated by an assurance in lieu of an oath in the German embassy.
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Er war 1934 der einzige deutsche Hochschullehrer, der den für Beamte vorgeschriebenen bedingungslosen Eid auf die Person Adolf Hitlers nicht geleistet hat; er wurde daraufhin seines Amtes enthoben.
www.altertum.uni-rostock.de
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In 1934 he was the only German university teacher to refuse to take the unconditional oath on the person of Adolf Hitler all civil servants had been required to take; he was subsequently removed from his post.