faust
English
faust meaning in English • faust का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
- A tragedy by Goethe, commenced in 1772, and published. as Faust, ein Fragment in 1790. Part 1, complete, was published as Faust, eine Tragödie in 1808; part 2, finished in 1831, was published in 1833. It has been translated into Engli
- An opera by Gounod (words, after Goethe, by Carr and Barbier) represented at the Th âtre Lyrique, Paris, March 19, 1859.
- An opera by Spohr, first produced at Frankfurt in 1818. The words, which do not follow Goethe's play, are by Bernhard.
- Doctor Johann Faust, a person born at Kundling (Knittlingen), Würtemberg, or at Roda, near Weimar, and said to have died in 1588. He was a man of licentious character, a magician, astrologer, and soothsay
Noun
- an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge.