nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 10 个月前What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 10 个月前message-square92fedilink
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 个月前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.
minus-squareInternationalBastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 个月前But it’s Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 个月前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,… )
minus-squarenodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 个月前I never made the connection, thanks!
Really?
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,… )
I never made the connection, thanks!