nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agoWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 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-squareInternationalBastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoBut it’s Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 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.
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,… )