Fahrenheit German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. read more
None of these words has any meaning in German, except as their use in naming temperatures, like Eis schmilzt bei null Grad Celsius oder 32 Grad Fahrenheit. Any attempts to pull the word Fahrenheit apart and trying to give it any meaning based on the parts is nonsense. read more