Spiegel
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Spiegel is German
, Yiddish
, and Dutch
for "mirror
". More specifically, it may refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
, and Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for "mirror
Mirror
A mirror is an object that reflects light or sound in a way that preserves much of its original quality prior to its contact with the mirror. Some mirrors also filter out some wavelengths, while preserving other wavelengths in the reflection...
". More specifically, it may refer to:
- Der SpiegelDer SpiegelDer Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
(the mirror), the weekly German magazine- Spiegel scandalSpiegel scandalThe Spiegel Affair of 1962 was one of the major political scandals in Germany in the era following World War II.The scandal involved a conflict between Franz Josef Strauss, then Federal Minister of Defense, and Rudolf Augstein, owner and editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel magazine, Germany's leading...
, a 1962 German political scandal, named after the Der Spiegel magazine (see above)
- Spiegel scandal
- Spiegel (surname)Spiegel (surname)Spiegel is a surname of German origin. In German language Spiegel means mirror.Spiegel is an ancient German Christian surname. Family tradition says it was taken from a town or lake named Spiegel. There is a small community south of Munich named Spiegel...
, a German surname (many Jewish people also use it) - Spiegel (catalog), an American catalog retailer
- Spiegel GroveSpiegel GroveSpiegel Grove, also known as Spiegel Grove State Park, Rutherford B. Hayes House, Rutherford B. Hayes Summer Home and Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial is an historic site that was the estate of Civil War general and nineteenth President of the United States Rutherford B Hayes. It is located at...
, the Fremont, Ohio, home of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, named after mirror-like pools of rainwater - USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)USS Spiegel Grove was a of the United States Navy. She was named for Spiegel Grove, the home and estate in Fremont, Ohio, of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States.-Career:...
, a dock landing ship of the United States Navy - SpiegeleisenSpiegeleisenSpiegeleisen is a ferromanganese alloy containing approximately 15% manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon. Historically, this was the standard form in which manganese was traded and used in steel making...
, a pig iron containing a high level of manganese used in the manufacture of steel - Spiegel, Inc., the former name of the Eddie BauerEddie BauerEddie Bauer Holdings Inc. is a holding company that operates the Eddie Bauer clothing store chain, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. EBH was formed after Eddie Bauer's former parent company, Spiegel, Inc., went bankrupt in 2003...
Holdings - Spiegel, the flagship of Michiel de RuyterMichiel de RuyterMichiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...
during the Second Anglo-Dutch War - "Spiegel" (song)Spiegel (song)"Spiegel" is a song from German girl group 'Tic Tac Toe'. It was released as a single in December 2005 and entered the German Media Control single chart at number 9 and peaked at number 7. It has been one of their most successful singles up to date. This single along with 'Keine Ahnung' were the...
, a hip hop song by German girl group Tic Tac Toe - "Spiegel the Cat", a story-poem by David MartinDavid Martin (poet)David Martin , known as an Australian poet, was born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary . He used as well the names Louis Adam and Louis Destiny. He also wrote novels and short stories, and plays.He was brought up in Germany, where he first became a communist at age 17...
based on a tale by Gottfried Keller - Spiegel bei Koeniz, a village in the Swiss canton of Bern
- Spike SpiegelSpike Spiegelis the protagonist of the anime and manga series Cowboy Bebop. He won first place in the male character category of the Anime Grand Prix in 1998 and 1999.-Background:Spike is a fictional bounty hunter who was born on Mars, June 26, 2044...
, the main character of the anime Cowboy Bebop - Adriaan van den SpiegelAdriaan van den SpiegelAdriaan van den Spiegel, name sometimes written as Adrianus Spigelius was a Flemish anatomist who was born in Brussels. For much of his career he practiced medicine in Padua, and is considered one of the great physicians associated with that city...
, a Flemish anatomist.- Spigelian herniaSpigelian herniaA Spigelian hernia is a hernia through the spigelian fascia, which is the aponeurotic layer between the rectus abdominis muscle medially, and the semilunar line laterally. These hernias almost always develop at or below the linea arcuata, probably because of the lack of posterior rectus sheath...
, a hernia of the abdominal wall, named after Van den Spiegel
- Spigelian hernia
- Gundam Spiegel, a mobile suit from the anime Mobile Fighter G GundamMobile Fighter G GundamMobile Fighter G Gundam, known in Japan as , is a Japanese animated television series directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa . Created to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the franchise in 1994, it is the first of the Gundam series to be set in an alternate continuity from the original "Universal Century"...
, also known as Shadow Gundam in the English Language version.
See also
- Spiegel im SpiegelSpiegel im SpiegelSpiegel im Spiegel is a piece of music written by Arvo Pärt in 1978, just prior to his departure from Estonia. The piece is in the tintinnabular style of composition, wherein a melodic voice, operating over diatonic scales, and tintinnabular voice, operating within a triad on the tonic, accompany...
, a piece of music written by Arvo Pärt in 1978 - SpiegeltentSpiegeltentA Spiegeltent is a large travelling tent, constructed in wood and canvas and decorated with mirrors and stained glass, intended as an entertainment venue...
- Spiegle (disambiguation)
- Spiegl