Hans Wehr
{{Short description|German Arabist (1909–1981)}}
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Hans Bodo Wehr ({{IPA|de|veːɐ̯|lang-pron}}; 5 July 1909{{snd}}24 May 1981) was a German Arabist. He is best known for his work on A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, originally published in German as {{lang|de|Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart}} in 1952. The system of transliteration used in the dictionary has become known as Hans Wehr transliteration.
Life
Wehr was born in Leipzig in 5 July 1909. He attended a gymnasium in Halle, and then studied at universities in Halle, Berlin, and Leipzig. He received his doctorate in 1935 and his habilitation in 1939.{{r|e}}
He joined the Nazi Party in 1940, and wrote an essay arguing that Germany should ally with the Arabs against Great Britain and France. He had begun work on an Arabic{{ndash}}German dictionary, and the project received funding from the German government, which intended to use make use of the dictionary in translating Mein Kampf into Arabic. For a time, Wehr was assisted in his project by Hedwig Klein.{{r|b}}
His dictionary, entitled {{lang|de|Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart}}, was eventually published in 1952. An English version, edited by J Milton Cowan and entitled A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, was published in 1961.{{r|e}} The dictionary used a new system of transliteration, which is today known as Hans Wehr transliteration.
Wehr was a professor at the University of Münster from 1957 until his retirement in 1974. He died in Münster in 24 May 1981.{{r|e}}
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Category:20th-century German lexicographers
Category:Academic staff of the University of Münster