nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agoWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareInternationalBastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 months agoGesundheit Poltergeist Spiel Stool ( Stuhl ) Rucksack
minus-squarenodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoGood ones! Rucksack is interesting because it also exists as a backpack, which is literally the translation of rucksack.
minus-squareCoconutKnight@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months ago …German even is my native language and I didn’t get it :((
minus-squarenodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoI don’t think I heard Gesundheit used in English much, though
minus-squaretheDuesentrieb@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoIt is usually used as an alternative to the religiously framed “bless you” when someone sneezes
Gesundheit
Poltergeist
Spiel
Stool ( Stuhl )
Rucksack
Good ones! Rucksack is interesting because it also exists as a backpack, which is literally the translation of rucksack.
…German even is my native language and I didn’t get it :((
You’re welcome)
I don’t think I heard Gesundheit used in English much, though
It is usually used as an alternative to the religiously framed “bless you” when someone sneezes
Good to know!