nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 2 年前What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-squaremessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 2 年前message-square92linkfedilink
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 年前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-up3·2 年前But it’s Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 年前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-up3·2 年前I 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!