Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Glückauf (alternative spelling Glück auf; also, as an exclamation: Glück auf!) is the traditional German miners' greeting. It describes the hope of the miners: \"es mögen sich Erzgänge auftun\" (\"may lodes [of ore] be opened\") which is short for \"Ich wünsche Dir Glück, tu einen neuen Gang auf\" (\"I wish you luck in opening a new lode\"), because, when mining for ore, without prospecting, no-one could predict with certainty whether the miners' work would lead to a reward."@en }
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- Glück_auf comment "Glückauf (alternative spelling Glück auf; also, as an exclamation: Glück auf!) is the traditional German miners' greeting. It describes the hope of the miners: \"es mögen sich Erzgänge auftun\" (\"may lodes [of ore] be opened\") which is short for \"Ich wünsche Dir Glück, tu einen neuen Gang auf\" (\"I wish you luck in opening a new lode\"), because, when mining for ore, without prospecting, no-one could predict with certainty whether the miners' work would lead to a reward.".