Jost Trier
Jost Trier | |
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| Born | 15 December 1894 Schlitz, Hesse, German Empire |
| Died | 15 September 1970 (aged 75) Bad Salzuflen, Federal Republic of Germany |
| Spouse | Margarete Fressel |
| Children | 3 (1 stepchild) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Der Heilige Jodocus (1924) |
| Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Wilhelm |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | German studies |
| Sub-discipline | Germanic linguistics |
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| Main interests | Semantic field theory, German etymology |
| Notable works | Der deutsche Wortschatz im Sinnbezirk des Verstandes (1931) |
Jost Trier (15 December 1894 – 15 September 1970) was a German linguist, specialising in Germanic linguistics and particularly in the vocabulary and etymology of the German language. He was chair of German philology at the University of Münster from 1932 to 1961, and rector from 1956 to 1957.