Bismarck

Definitions: Bismarck

Bismarck

Noun

1. German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898).

2. Capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river.

Date "Bismarck" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	BISMARCK, a German who was a greater politician than any Ireland has ever produced. He built an empire, crowned an emperor, changed the Frenchmen in Alsace-Lorraine into Dutchmen, and made the Paris mint work overtime for his country. Quite unpopular in France. Ambition: Made in Germany. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
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Synonyms: Bismarck

Synonyms: capital of North Dakota (n), von Bismarck (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Bismarck

English words defined with "Bismarck": Admiralty Islands ♦ battle of the Bismarck Sea, Bismarck Archipelago, Bismarck Sea, Bismarckian ♦ New Britain, New Ireland ♦ Otto von Bismarck ♦ Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck ♦ Vesuvine, von Bismarck. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Bismarck": Badinguet, BISMARCK ♦ College Colours, counterstain ♦ Man of Blood and Iron ♦ NAPOLEON III. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bismarck" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (bismarck).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	They named a brandy after Napoleon, they made a herring out of Bismarck, and the Fuhrer is going to end up as a piece of cheese! (To Be or Not to Be; writing credit: Melchior Lengyel; Edwin Justus Mayer)
Clever	To youth I have but three words of counsel -- Work, work, work. (references; author: Bismarck)
Movie/TV Titles	Bismarck von hinten oder Wir schliessen nie (1974) Sink the Bismarck! (1960) Bismarck (1940) Far From Bismarck (1999) Bismarck (1990)
Song Titles	Sink The Bismarck (performing artist: Johnny Horton)
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Domain	Title
Books	A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III, and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War (reference) Bismarck and Germany 1862-1890 (2nd Edition) (reference) Bismarck and the German Empire (reference) Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman (reference) Gold and Iron: Bismarck Bleichr-Order and the Building of the German Empire (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	National Geographic's Search for Battleship Bismarck (reference) Sink the Bismarck (reference) Sink the Bismarck! (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A native outrigger canoe in the Bismarck Archipelago. In: "Das Deutsche Kolonialreich," by Hans Meyer, 1909. Vol II, p. 432. Library Call Number: Cfd M612 d.Credit: Treasures of the Library.		A king's canoe at Hermitinseln, Bismarck Archipelago. In: "Das Deutsche Kolonialreich," by Hans Meyer, 1909. Vol II, p. 456. Library Call Number: Cfd M612 d.Credit: Treasures of the Library.
	Photographed from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 24 May 1941, following the Battle of the Denmark Strait and before the two German ships separated. Bismarck is somewhat down by the bow, the result of hits received in her engagement with HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood earlier in the day. This is the next to last photograph of Bismarck taken by the Germans.Credit: NAVY.		Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's loss during her engagement with the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.Credit: NAVY.
	Bismarck holding the earth and reaching for Samoa while ignoring U.S. protests by Bayard and Whitney.Credit: Library of Congress.		Railroad Station, Bismarck, North Dakota].Credit: Library of Congress.
	Otto, Fuerst Von Bismarck, half-length portrait.Credit: Library of Congress.		Crowds greet President Roosevelt at Bismarck, North Dakota.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Secretary Wallace at Bismarck, North Dakota.Credit: Library of Congress.		Bismarck Indian School, North Dakota. Sewing Class.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Bismarck	To youth I have but three words of counsel -- Work, work, work.
Otto von Bismarck	Politics is the art of the possible.
	Politics is the art of the next best.
	When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
	The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
	An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
	A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
	With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
Prince Otto Von Bismarck	Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Germany	Although authoritarian in many respects, the empire eventually permitted the development of political parties, and Bismarck was credited with passing the most advanced social welfare legislation of the age. (references)
	Germany	The rise of Prussian power in the 19th century, supported by growing German nationalism, eventually ended inter-state fighting and resulted in the formation of the German empire in 1871 under the chancellorship of Otto von Bismarck. (references)
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"Bismarck" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.47% of the time. "Bismarck" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	76.47%	78	37,656
Noun (singular)	9.8%	10	111,207
Lexical Verb (base form)	6.86%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	5.88%	6	143,867
Noun (common)	0.98%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	102	N/A

1. Bismarck, AR
Zip Code(s): 71929
Country: USA

2. Bismarck, IL
Zip Code(s): 61814
Country: USA

3. Bismarck, MO (city, FIPS 5878)
Location: 37.76737 N, 90.62271 W
Population (1990): 1579 (655 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

4. Bismarck, ND (city, FIPS 7200)
Location: 46.80547 N, 100.76730 W
Population (1990): 49256 (20038 housing units)
Area: 63.0 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58501
Country: USA

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Expressions: Bismarck

Expressions using "Bismarck": battle of the Bismarck Sea ♦ bismarck Archipelago ♦ Bismarck brown ♦ bismarck Sea ♦ Otto von Bismarck ♦ prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck ♦ prince Otto von Bismarck ♦ von Bismarck. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bismarck

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bismarck north dakota	1,361	bismarck park recreation	15
bismarck tribune	607	bismarck nd weather	14
bismarck	389	hotel bismarck nd	14
bismarck state college	115	bismarck airport	14
battleship bismarck	108	sinking of the bismarck	14
otto von bismarck	97	bismarck roughriders	13
bismarck civic center	46	bismarck ship	13
bismarck national service weather	45	otto van bismarck	11
bismarck ar	38	real estate bismarck	11
bismarck hotel	36	bismarck library public	11
bismarck public school	31	bismarck mandan	11
bismarck park rec	25	battleship bismarck german	10
bismarck high school	21	city of bismarck	10
bismarck chancellor von	19	otto bismarck	10
sink the bismarck	18	alexius bismarck st	9
bismarck newspaper	18	angela bismarck	9
bismarck missouri	17	bismarck von	9
bismarck tribune.com	16	bismarck finder	9
bismarck weather	16	bismarck north dakota hotel	8
bismarck nd real estate	15	bismarck chamber commerce	8
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Modern Translations: Bismarck

Language		Translations for "Bismarck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		俾斯麦. (various references)

Danish		Bismarck-brunt (Bismarck brown, vesuvine). (various references)

French		brun Bismarck (Bismarck brown). (various references)

German		bismarck. (various references)

Greek		φαιό της ανιλίνης (Bismarck brown, vesuvine), φαιό του φαινυλενίου (Bismarck brown, vesuvine), φαιό του Bismarc (Bismarck brown, vesuvine). (various references)

Pig Latin		ismarckbay

Serbo-Croatian		bizmark. (various references)

Spanish		pardo de Bismarck (Bismarck brown, vesuvine). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Bismarck

Misspellings
	"Bismarck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilmarsh, Bitomark. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bismarck

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-k-m-r-s"
	-1 letter: imbarks.
	-2 letters: bricks, imbark, karmic, mbiras, racism.
	-3 letters: abris, amirs, backs, baric, barks, barms, basic, bimas, birks, brick, brims, brisk, carbs, carks, crabs, crams, cribs, iambs, kbars, macks, mairs, marcs, marks, mbira, micas, micks, micra, mikra, mirks, rabic, racks, rakis, ricks, sabir, scram, scrim, simar, smack, smirk.
	-4 letters: abri, aims, airs, amir, amis, arbs.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-i-k-m-r-s"
	+4 letters: blackmailers, greenbackism.
	+5 letters: benchmarkings, blackguardism, cabinetmakers, greenbackisms.
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