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Wir haben das Bier erfunden. Flag this comment I did not know that so many German words are used in English. Very interesting! Flag this comment Nice idea to make little videoclips! Doesn't help ...

As The Awl entertainingly demonstrated with their spot-on “There Oughta Be a German Word For This” column, German words somehow define complex human emotions in a way that English words often ...

Why: Overmorrow was in Middle English but fell out of the language. So instead of having this word, we have the wordy "day after tomorrow." German still ... it would be nice to have a classier ...

A very difficult German word to translate into English, sympathisch is generally ... Sympathisch often describes a nice energy that you get from a person. You may find someone likeable and ...

English dictionaries, after all, include many German words such as angst, schadenfreude and wanderlust – not forgetting the Swiss-German putsch. “Languages, in order to remain a useful tool ...

Whilst working as an English assistant in ... that's what I said until my German friend explained I'd actually pronounced it as Merci, beau cul - "Thanks, nice bum"! That would explain the odd ...

My favourite German word of all times is Bubi, pronounced 'boobee'. Merely for linguistic reasons! It means 'young boy' and is ethymologically related to the English ...

The word “shitstorm” was institutionalized in the latest edition of Duden, the most-respected German-language dictionary, which was published in July. The English profanity had previously ...

And in German, these words abound – from Ohrwurm (“ear-worm”) to Wunderkind (“wonder child,” “prodigy”). These four examples, however, lend themselves more easily to English ...

A singular German word overflowing with length and precision can flummox an English speaker: from its number of letters to its complex meaning. In the age of COVID-19, more than 1,200 words in ...

Why: Overmorrow was in Middle English but fell out of the language. So instead of having this word, we have the wordy "day after tomorrow." German still ... it would be nice to have a classier ...