Burschenschaft

[ boo r-shuh n-shahft ]

/ ˈbʊər ʃənˌʃɑft /

any of certain associations of students formed to promote patriotism, Christian conduct, and liberal ideas but now primarily social fraternities.

Example sentences from the Web for burschenschaft

Why should he not establish in the Irish capital a Burschenschaft?

Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) |Edmund Downey
The Burschenschaft was pronounced a treasonable association; its members were punished by imprisonment or exile.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 |Various
But the Burschenschaft in its pristine glory could not so long continue.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 |Various
In politics he was a strong Liberal and Unionist, and did much to inspire the organization of the Burschenschaft.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 |Various

The place was filled, the nobles on one side and the Burschenschaft on the other, and the sun coming up over the trees.

The Crisis, Complete |Winston Churchill

Burschenschaft

/ German (ˈbʊrʃənʃaft) /

a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc

literally: youth association