Phenomenal insights, herein! Praise God for His great gifts, including our rich heritage of language. I wish I could remember more of the prayers, auf Deutch, that I learned as a child. My spouse did not agree with 'wrought prayer' forms, but we used the common prayer infrequently with my children when growing. I should have been more insistent. I was still insistent we close our meal with a celebratory prayer of thanks, especially if it was after dessert! Praise God from whom all blessing flow!