@nodimetotie to [email protected]English • 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 [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square92
minus-square@nodimetotieOPlinkEnglish3•1 year agoIn English, it is, surprisingly, just “kaput” with a single “t”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoProbably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoThat’s ok, just tell us when it’s working again
I guess mine would be kaput
Kaputt*
In English, it is, surprisingly, just “kaput” with a single “t”
Probably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct
Funny! So we can say “‘kaput’ is(t) kaputt.”
That’s ok, just tell us when it’s working again
Nah, it’s kaput for gut