nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoWhat 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 · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year 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-up3·1 year agoBut it’s Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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,… )
minus-squarenodimetotie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI never made the connection, thanks!
Iceberg
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!