Wolfgang

Wolfgang

Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany and Austria. Its earliest known bearer was a tenth century saint. The name is a combination of the Old High German word wulf, meaning "wolf" and gang, meaning "path, journey". Grimm (Teutonic Mythology p. 1093) interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of whom walks the "wolf of victory". A Latin gloss by Arnoldus Emmeramensis interprets the name as Lupambulus.

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Famous quotes containing the word wolfgang:

    Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    What’s it to you if I love you?
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    One criticizes the English for carrying their teapots wherever they go, even lugging them up Mount Etna. But doesn’t every nation have its teapot, in which, even when traveling, it brews the dried bundles of herbs brought from home?
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)