villakoiran ydin

/ˈʋilːɑˌkoi̯rɑn ˈydin/

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Çekim Tablosu

çoğulvillakoiran ytimet

tamlayanvillakoiran ytimen

Tanım

•core of the issue, essence, trick, catch (inherent nature of an idea, especially one that is not apparent)

Etimoloji

villakoiran (“of a poodle”) ydin (“core, kernel”), calque of German des Pudels Kern; from the play Faust I by Goethe, in which Mephistopheles (the Devil) appears to Faust in the shape of a black poodle. When Faust learns the truth, he comments: Das also war des Pudels Kern! (literally “So, that was the kernel of the poodle!”); translated into English in the play as "So this, then, was the kernel…