Another language-curious-thread by the Beagle

[SnoopDog]

Ok, I got another question regarding the english language.

What german words do you know that are used as a regular english word in your language?

I can think of the following:

- Kindergarten
- Rucksack
- Angst (I think)
- Schadenfreude (I think this one is commonly known, correct me if I'm wrong)

I also know that some people use the word 'über' in addition to some adjectives.

What other words do you know?

Thnx in advance.

Snoopy

 

[neonlyte]

Heinz ?

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I get to hear dummkopf used quite a bit.

 

[Guest]

Volkswagon?

(Sorry, I don't know much German, and for all I know, I could use German words every day, without even realising it.)

 

[Op_Cit]

not so 'regular':

blitz (with or without krieg)

gesundheit

Does 'beer' count?

 

[Guest]

Heinz ?

You win. P.

 

[Boxlicker101]

There are quite a few, since Saxony is a part of Germany, and much of the English language stems from Anglo-Saxon. Sauerkraut, hamburger, frankfurter, to name a few and there are probably thousands more.

 

[Guest]

I looked these up.

clock, clown, dollar, feldspar, flak, hamburger, heroin, hinterland, lager, luck, menthol, noodle, pretzel, rocket, scoop, shirk, snorkel, sod, stroll, strudel, swindle, tackle, vandal, veneer, waltz, waylay, wrangle

 

[cantdog]

Doppelganger

Immelmann turn (an airplane maneuver)

Zeppelin

'Raus!
(although this one has faded away to nothing as people forget the television show Hogan's Heroes)

Gesundheit

Autobahn (this one is readily understood, but only used for the German road system of the same name)

bismarck (this means a jelly-filled raised doughnut (or donut)-- what I think is called a Berliner)

and some food words, borrowed:
sauerkraut
knackwurst
bratwurst
biergarten
lager
pfeffernüsse
Sachertorte
wiener schnitzel

Some skiing terms, like schuss

Oktoberfest

gestapo (but not Stasi)

others, I'm sure; but Schadenfreude is not current where I am.

 

[Weird Harold]

What german words do you know that are used as a regular english word in your language?

I can think of the following:

- Kindergarten
- Rucksack
- Angst (I think)
- Schadenfreude (I think this one is commonly known, correct me if I'm wrong)

I also know that some people use the word 'über' in addition to some adjectives.

Actually, I think most people who use it MISuse 'über.'

I think most Americns would be surprised to find that Kindergarten, Rucksack, and Angst are German words -- if they think about word origins at all.

Perdita's list are all words that I know intellectually as being "borowed" from German but consider "English" on an emotional level.

Other "German" words like Hamburger and Frankfurter are purely American words that have been borrowed back by German with new meanings in addition to their original German meaning as "residents of Franfurt or Hamburg."

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Blitzkrieg!

 

[SnoopDog]

Blitzkrieg!

I saw this coming a long time ago, lol.

clock, clown, dollar, feldspar, flak, hamburger, heroin, hinterland, lager, luck, menthol, noodle, pretzel, rocket, scoop, shirk, snorkel, sod, stroll, strudel, swindle, tackle, vandal, veneer, waltz, waylay, wrangle

words that are not german:

clock = Uhr
luck = Glück
noodle = Nudel
pretzel actually is spelled Brezel
rocket = Rakete
snorkel = Schnorchel
swindle = Schwindel
tackle is not german
so is waylay or wrangle

Doppelganger

Immelmann turn (an airplane maneuver)

Zeppelin

'Raus!
(although this one has faded away to nothing as people forget the television show Hogan's Heroes)

Gesundheit

Autobahn (this one is readily understood, but only used for the German road system of the same name)

bismarck (this means a jelly-filled raised doughnut (or donut)-- what I think is called a Berliner)

and some food words, borrowed:
sauerkraut
knackwurst
bratwurst
biergarten
lager
pfeffernüsse
Sachertorte
wiener schnitzel

Some skiing terms, like schuss

Oktoberfest

gestapo (but not Stasi)

others, I'm sure; but Schadenfreude is not current where I am.

I've heard someone use Schadenfreude on a dvd once and so I thought it was, not sure though.

Snoopy