baron de la motte fouqué

noun

Frie·drich Hein·rich Karl, Baron de la Motte-

[free-drikh hahyn-rikh kahrl, duh lah moht] , 1777–1843, German romanticist: poet and novelist.

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Fouqué (German fuˈkeː)

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	Friedrich Heinrich Karl (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈhainrɪç karl), Baron de la Motte. 1777--1843, German romantic writer; author of Undine (1811)

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