clipka wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen schrieb:
> 
>> Wohlauf kameraden! (What does that mean, anyway?)
> 
> Nothing much. "Wohlauf" is just some encouraging call, and "Kameraden"
> (with uppercase "K"!) is the common term for fellow soldiers (singular
> "Kamerad").
> 
> I guess "Wohlauf!" may have originated as a wakeup call, being obviously
> related to the words "wohl" (an obsolete term for "good") and "auf"
> ("up").

Ok, thanks, now I know.

My dad has several old LP's of German marching music, this is also the title 
of one of them.
-- 
Stefan Viljoen

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