Let's talk about "German" :-)

think-or-thwim · **Registriert:** 18 Jun 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 9567 **Wohnort:** capital city

Isn't it interesting to see that more and more English words come into the German language and have become an integral part of it? Whether it's sports, nature, culture, economy&industry, career, politics. Whether we talk about bicycle parts, running shoes, swimsuits, you name it, English words, brandnames, designations are just about everywhere within the German language.

The best example especially talking about triathlon is the word "IRONMAN" (our Eiermann :lol:

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Which other English words are we using daily while talking German? And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

keko · **Registriert:** 21 Jun 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 23500

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

Which other English words are we using daily while talking German?

Training.

meggele

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

Angst. Achtung. Verboten.

BLUE · **Registriert:** 21 Feb 2005 12:00 **Beiträge:** 9371 **Wohnort:** Cape Town :D

meggele hat geschrieben:

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

Angst. Achtung. Verboten.

explain!

@T-O-T: look at my training sessions and you'll see how fast english can find it's way into the german language. total capture. :lol:

Rhoihesse · **Registriert:** 24 Jun 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 6319 **Wohnort:** Hollywood

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

Which other English words are we using daily while talking German? And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

Blitzkrieg

meggele

BLUE hat geschrieben:

meggele hat geschrieben:

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

Angst. Achtung. Verboten.

explain!

There's not much to explain, it's just sort of an ironic view on typical german habits/behavior. Ok, I should've written "Achtung!"

Verboten is used like "Forbidden, more forbidden, verboten". Yeah, they know us quite well :smokin:

meggele

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

Ansatz. Probably exclusively used in mathematical context and relatively newly introduced. However, there seems to be no corresponding english expression. (Actually, tons of physical terms introduced in the 1920s-40s by germans are used everywhere in the world. Might be true for other sciences as well.)

think-or-thwim · **Registriert:** 18 Jun 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 9567 **Wohnort:** capital city

meggele hat geschrieben:

:???: There's not much to explain, it's just sort of an ironic view on typical german habits/behavior. Ok, I should've written "Achtung!"

Verboten is used like "Forbidden, more forbidden, verboten". Yeah, they know us quite well :smokin:

It's true, many English speaking countries still associate Germans with a strict military drill. Germans are known to be quite disciplined, a bit unemotional, very direct!

Linus

Words without synonym in foreign languages, like "Gemütlichkeit" or, my favirite one, "Mahlzeit".

Linus

It's true, many English speaking countries still associate Germans with a strict military drill. Germans are known to be quite disciplined, a bit unemotional, very direct![/quote]

This may be very useful while working with people frm other countries: you can be even more direct than germans ever are. If it's to much, you have an excuse "Sorry, it's my german education". This is even practice-proofed.

meggele

Linus hat geschrieben:

Words without synonym in foreign languages, like "Gemütlichkeit" or, my favirite one, "Mahlzeit".

nooooooo! Mahlzeit even sucks like hell in German. No wonder there's no expression for it in other languages. Ban Mahlzeit now!

Alex

ich habe da auch noch ein paar:
noodle
Poltergeist
Schnitzel
Wunderkind

think-or-thwim · **Registriert:** 18 Jun 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 9567 **Wohnort:** capital city

Alex hat geschrieben:

ich habe da auch noch ein paar:
noodle
Poltergeist
Schnitzel
Wunderkind

Rucksack and Sauerkraut (as you know it's what the Americans call the Germans - and this although Sauerkraut originally comes from China :lachen

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think-or-thwim · **Registriert:** 18 Jun 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 9567 **Wohnort:** capital city

BLUE hat geschrieben:

meggele hat geschrieben:

think-or-thwim hat geschrieben:

And which German words, apart from Gummibears, Kindergarten, Porsche, Bee Ämm Dabbeljuuh etc. have become an integral part of the English language ? :cool:

Angst. Achtung. Verboten.

explain!

@T-O-T: look at my training sessions and you'll see how fast english can find it's way into the german language. total capture. :lol:

Yeah, I've seen that and hardly understand anything! :lol:

MöMö · **Registriert:** 22 Sep 2004 12:00 **Beiträge:** 9388

"Fahrgefühl" - from a VW-advertising

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