@nodimetotie to Germany@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year agoWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-square92arrow-up149arrow-down11
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?@nodimetotie to Germany@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square92
minus-square@PlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilink7•edit-21 year agoI mean the English usually don’t call mountains Berg, right? Berg is German for mountain. Ice of course being Eis. And we like compound words.
minus-square@Don_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilink7•1 year agoThey are germanic languages after all. There are many words you’ll find in German and e.g. Norwegian, especially if you overlook slight spelling differences (endings, v or f, s or z,… )
Iceberg
Really?
I mean the English usually don’t call mountains Berg, right? Berg is German for mountain. Ice of course being Eis. And we like compound words.
But it’s Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.
They are germanic languages after all. There are many words you’ll find in German and e.g. Norwegian, especially if you overlook slight spelling differences (endings, v or f, s or z,… )
I never made the connection, thanks!