@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
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.”