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On reading about the five stages in the Illuminatus! trilogy, I decided to look up the meaning of the German name for the fifth stage: Grummet - given as aftermath in the text.
In German it has the meaning of aftermath, but not the usually understood modern meaning of aftermath (i.e. consequences of an event), which would be Nachwirkung, rather the older meaning of hay obtained from a second or third cutting in the same year (i.e. it derives from 'after mowing').
I learn something new each day.
In German it has the meaning of aftermath, but not the usually understood modern meaning of aftermath (i.e. consequences of an event), which would be Nachwirkung, rather the older meaning of hay obtained from a second or third cutting in the same year (i.e. it derives from 'after mowing').
I learn something new each day.