Montag, 10. September 2012

Loanwords (1)

English has taken many loanwords from German, often without any change of spelling.

die Angst angst, fear, anxiety

die Autobahn autobahn, motorway, freeway in English autobahn usually refers to a German autobahn (autobahn without general speed limit)


der Automat is a German word for vending machine in English an automat is a fast food restaurant with vending machines


der Doppelgänger is a German word for someone that looks alike someone else, doppelgänger  in English language it is used for a ghostly double of a living person.


das Glockenspiel glockenspiel

das Muesli muesli

der Quarz quartz

die Schadenfreude schadenfreude

der Umlaut  (ä, ö, ü) umlaut 

der Zeitgeist zeitgeist 

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