My favorite Ukrainian word.
Ukrainian students describe their favorite word
Exhibition in the University Library of Bochum, 8.4.-14.6.2024
In summer 2022, Ukrainian students of German philology and translation studies were asked to present their favorite word from the Ukrainian language and explain why they chose it. This took place as part of the DAAD-funded partnership between German Studies institutes at Ruhr University Bochum and Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv.
The resulting texts are full of poetry and beauty, reflecting the sound and meaning of the Ukrainian language. They show how the young Ukrainian generation perceives its culture, history and identity and give an insight into the turbulent soul of a nation fighting for its freedom.
A total of seventy articles written in German have been published online / Open Access in a book of the same name and are now being presented to the general public in the staircase of the university library.
The exhibition can be seen during regular opening hours.
Admission is free.
The 70 favorite Ukrainian words - listen in!
- Arestowlen:ia
- Bahattia
- Balakanyna
- Bat'kivs'kyj dim
- Bat'kiwschtschyna
- Blawat
- Bud' laska
- Buz'ko
- Dobranitsch
- Domiwka
- Dsheregelia
- Dsherelo
- Filishanka
- Horniatko
- Kochan:ia
- Kochaty
- Kolyskova
- Krawtschutschka
- Leleka
- Liubow
- Lystopad
- Mal'ownytschyj
- Marmur
- Mrija
- Nadvechirja
- Namysto
- Natchnen:ia
- Navmania'
- Nebo'krai
More about the exhibition
- Text: "Mein ukrainisches Lieblingswort: Ukrainische Studierende beschreiben ihr Lieblingswort", Edition Noëma, ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2023
- Publisher: Prof. Maria Ivanytska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), Prof. Olena Materynska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), Prof. Dr. Björn Rothstein ((Institute of German Studies, Ruhr University Bochum)
- Open Access publication: https://doi.org/10.46586/rub.297
- Exhibition, design and layout: Natalie Rosenkranz, University Library of Bochum (book cover courtesy of ibidem-Verlag)
- Speaking Ukrainian words: Dr. Olena Petrenko (Chair of Eastern European History, Ruhr University Bochum)
Image exhibition poster: © RUB, Rosenkranz