Talk:Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

message: What's the right orthography for the title of the merged page?  In today's German I would expect "ein' Ros'" with apostrophes on both words, but I think the only place I've seen it that way is the Oxford Book.  The German Wikipedia article has no apostrophe on either word and cites a book with research into the sources, so I lean that way. Not R (talk) 02:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm really torn ... actually I lean towards "Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen" as this is the least ambiguous orthography which at least clarifies that the focus of the song is a sprouting rose and not a runaway horse ("es ist ein Ross entsprungen"), which is the way most kids usually interpret it. Maikel (talk) 14:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

text: What's really out in my opinion though is "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen". Maikel (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For that reason I have redirected to here, after having moved information and formatting from Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen.  Maikel (talk) 15:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (Just to be clear:  I wasn't so sure "ein Ros'" was out, because I think that's actually the way I've seen it most often.  In any case, thanks for completing the merge!  Not R (talk) 04:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which direction to merge? 

message: I don't think the infobox belongs in this article. There is nothing in the article about any special relationship of Lutheranism to the song. Even if the song was written by a Lutheran, it now has no special connection to any particular Christian denomination. 71.77.19.7 (talk) 23:33, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, as it is also a popular Catholic Marian hymn. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 13:53, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lutheranism infobox 

message: I am surprised that as a literal translation of "wohl zu der halben Nacht" is suggested "Right upon midnight". Closer: "Well at half the night". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "Well at half the night" doesn't make sense to me. English "well" means in a good way as opposed to badly, and German wohl does also, but here that meaning doesn't make sense. Why would it be either good or bad that the floweret was brought forth at midnight? I don't know. So I would think wohl is used in a different sense in this context. It also means "about" (as in "approximately") according to WordReference.com: "about at half the night". That would make better sense as a literal translation. What do you think? — Eru·tuon 14:46, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that the double meaning of "wohl" may have been intended (untranslatable, but I like the notion of well-being), and if the poet had wanted to say midnight, he would have said "Mitternacht". "Right" seems wrong, "about" would be much better, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The English word "well" has more meanings than "good" (well done steak, well known, well wicked). If we want a literal translation in the article (I'd argue, we don't), then "well at half the night" serves well. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Literal translation

message: Who are Spaeth and Mattes?  Harriet Krauth Spaeth (1845-1925), translator?  John Caspar Mattes, Lutheran pastor at Scranton, Pa.?  84.164.143.201 (talk) 13:58, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That version was added  on 8 December 2012 by 98.228.213.184. As we don't know anything about it, I suggest to remove it. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 10:37, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Spaeth's translation with Mattes' 5th verse" 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified  on Es ist ein Ros entsprungen. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120425024609/http://carols.co/a-great-and-mighty-wonder/ to http://carols.co/a-great-and-mighty-wonder/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 04:29, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The translation is wrong. The German lyrics "Ros'" derives from "Reis" and doesn't mean a rose (flower, but a branch, brush, bough!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.132.205.202 (talk) 00:36, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a rose (flower 

message: The paragraph beginning "Another Christmas hymn, 'A Great and Mighty Wonder', is set to the same tune …" demonstrates that this material (except for the cited words and a link) should appear on the A Great and Mighty Wonder page, which currently incorrectly redirects to Es ist ein Ros entsprungen. It is admitted that A Great and Mighty Wonder is a different hymn, and several references are available to confirm that. Is the Greek title misspelled? I will make the necessary changes, barring objections. Bcjohnston (talk) 20:08, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: There's not much that can be done immediately about the redirect of , except to hijack it and write an article. Alternatively, you might improve the section in this article. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:05, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Great and Mighty Wonder 

message: Why was the literal translation removed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.228.98.100 (talk) 05:50, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  literal translation