Arnošt Muka (German: ''Ernst Mucke''; 10 March 1854 – 10 October 1932) was a German and Sorbian writer, linguist and man of science. Muka was born in Großhänchen which is now in the municipality of Burkau, and studied theology, classical languages and Slavonic in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

. Because of his activities in connection with the

Sorbian languages The Sorbian languages (, ) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavs, West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region ...

, he was sent to teach in a gymnasium in

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

in 1883, and later to

Freiberg Freiberg () is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany, with around 41,000 inhabitants. The city lies in the foreland of the Ore Mountains, in the Saxon urbanization axis, which runs along the northern edge of the Elster and ...

. In 1917, he moved back to

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin (), until 1868 ''Budissin'' in German, is a town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree (river), Spree river, is the eighth most ...

, where he died on 10 October 1932.

Books

* De dialectis Stesichori, Ibyci, Simonidis, Bacchylidis aliorumque poetarum choricorum cum Pindarica comparatis. disertacija, uniwersita Lipsk, 1879 * Statistika łužiskich Serbow. sebjenakładnistwo, Budyšin 1884–1886; 5. nakładow mjazy nadpismom Serbski zemjepisny słowničk. Budyšinje 1927; nowy śišć: Domowina-nakładnistwo, Budyšyn 1979 * Historische und vergleichende Laut- und Formenlehre der niedersorbischen (niederlausitzisch-wendischen) Sprache. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Grenzdialecte und des Obersorbischen. Hirzel, Lipsk 1891; zasejwuśišć: centralny antikwariat nimskeje demokratiskeje republiki, Lipsk 1965 * Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. * zwězk 1: A–N. nakładnistwo ruškeje a češkeje akademije wědomnosćow, St. Petersburg 1911–1915, Prag 1926; nowy śišć: Domowina-nakładnistwo, Budyšyn 2008, * zwězk 2: O–Ź. nakładnistwo českeje akademije za wědomnosću a wuměłstwo, Prag 1928; nowy śišć: Domowina-nakładnistwo, Budyšin 2008, * zwězk 3: Familiennamen, Ortsnamen, Flurnamen, Nachträge. nakładnistwo českeje akademije za wědomnosću a wuměłstwo, Prag 1928; nowy śišć: Domowina-nakładnistwo, Budyšyn 2008, * Bausteine zur Heimatkunde des Luckauer Kreises. wokrejsne wuzamknjenje, Łukow 1918 * Serbsko-němski a němsko-serbski Přiručny-Słownik. Schmaler, Budyšin 1920 * Ernst Eichler (wudawaŕ): Abhandlungen und Beiträge zur sorbischen Namenkunde (1881–1929) (=slawistiske slěźenja, zwězk 45). Böhlau, Köln und Wien 1984,

References

1854 births 1932 deaths People from Bautzen (district) People from the Kingdom of Saxony Sorbian-language writers Writers from Saxony Linguists from Germany German male writers Writers from the German Empire {{Germany-linguist-stub