Join FunTrivia for Free: Hourly trivia games, quizzes, community, and more!
Fun Trivia
Ask FunTrivia: Questions and Answers
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


"Seid umschlungen, Millionen." Who said this, and what does it mean?

Question #95281. Asked by author.

avatar
BRY2K
Answer has 3 votes
Currently Best Answer
BRY2K
17 year member
3707 replies avatar

Answer has 3 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
"Seid umschlungen, Millionen!" was said/written by Beethoven. From the text of fourth movement of his Symphony No. 9.

It literally means "Be embraced, you millions!".

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)



May 02 2008, 8:34 PM
Arpeggionist star
Answer has 2 votes
Arpeggionist star
20 year member
2173 replies

Answer has 2 votes.
Beethoven did not write the text of the Ode "To Joy" (An die Freude), from which the line is taken. The text (of which Beethoven used only about a third) was written by the humanist German poet Friedrich Schiller.

May 03 2008, 7:49 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion