Elmar Seebold (born September 28, 1934) is a German philologist who specializes in

Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

. From 1971 to 1983, Seebold was Professor of Germanic philology at the

University of Fribourg The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius ...

. He then transferred to the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

. Seebold retired from the University in 1999. He is the editor of the ''

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language The ''Etymological Dictionary of the German Language'' (german: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache) is a reference book for the history of the German language, and was one of the first books of its kind ever written. Originally written ...

''.

Selected works

* ''Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben'', 1970 * ''Das System der indogermanischen Halbvokale'', 1972 * ''Etymologie. Eine Einführung am Beispiel der deutschen Sprache'', 1981 * ''Das System der Personalpronomina in den frühgermanischen Sprachen. Sein Aufbau und seine Herkunft'', 1984 * ''Chronologisches Wörterbuch des deutschen Wortschatzes. Der Wortschatz des 8. Jahrhunderts (und früherer Quellen)'', 2001 * ''Kluge. Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache'', 2011

References

Bibliography

* Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender, 4 Teilbände. De Gruyter, Berlin (23. Ausgabe) 2011. . * Eduard Studer: Professor Seebold zum Abschied. In: Freiburger Nachrichten vom 13. Juni 1983.

External links

Elmar Seebold
at the website of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich {{DEFAULTSORT:Seebold, Elmar 1934 births German philologists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Linguists of Indo-European languages Living people Scientists from Stuttgart University of Fribourg faculty Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich faculty