@nodimetotie to [email protected]English • 10 months 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 • 10 months agomessage-square92
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•edit-210 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilink7•10 months 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,… )
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.
I never made the connection, thanks!
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,… )