@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-squareInternationalBastardlink19•1 year agoGesundheit Poltergeist Spiel Stool ( Stuhl ) Rucksack
minus-square@nodimetotieOPlinkEnglish5•1 year agoGood ones! Rucksack is interesting because it also exists as a backpack, which is literally the translation of rucksack.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year ago …German even is my native language and I didn’t get it :((
minus-square@nodimetotieOPlinkEnglish1•1 year agoI don’t think I heard Gesundheit used in English much, though
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year 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!