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The paper is written in German; it is full of mistakes and unusual expressions so that it is difficult, not only to follow its details but also to understand the main points. In \S 1 the author compares the first Ausdehnungslehre (A1) with the second (A2). A1 is seen as a representation of the modern \(n\)-dimensional vector calculus (``A1 beschreibt die reine Darstellung der modernen \(n\)-dimensionalen Vektorrechnung''). As a consequence, the extensive magnitudes are interpreted as \(n\)-dimensional vectors, vector products are seen as the same as exterior products. On this basis (!) the author focuses on Chapter 3: ``Combinatorial Product'' of the A2, where Grassmann gives his definition of determinant in mentioning Cauchy (\S 62). The present author's result is represented by the following ``fundamental lemma'': ``Die Determinante stellt die Skalierung der Theorie Grassmanns dar, die man als intensive Geometrisierung der mathematischen Bedeutung interpretieren kann''(?). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0867.00024].