Elmar Seebold

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Elmar Seebold
Born (1934-09-28) September 28, 1934 (age 89)
NationalityGerman
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Elmar Seebold (born September 28, 1934) is a German philologist who specializes in Germanic philology. From 1971 to 1983, Seebold was Professor of Germanic philology at the University of Fribourg. He then transferred to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Seebold retired from the university in 1999. He is the editor of the Etymological Dictionary of the German Language . [1]

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  1. "Germanistenverzeichnis: Elmar Seebold". Universität Erlangen. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

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