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From the German word 'nichts' (nothing). Mox nix! – From the German phrase, Es macht nichts! Often used by U.S. service personnel to mean "It doesn't matter" or "It's not important". [2] strafe – In its sense of "to machine-gun troop assemblies and columns from the air", 'strafe' is an adaptation of the German verb strafen (to punish).
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
Loriot, an icon of refined German humour († 2011) The German language's finesse offers a sort of unintentional humour through ambiguity: The sentence above is intended to mean: This area is under video surveillance by the police to prevent crimes but can also be understood as This area is under video surveillance to prevent crimes committed ...
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In Germany, the word usually simply means 'habitat' Nazi, short for Nationalsozialist (National Socialist) Neanderthal (modern German spelling: Neandertal), for German Neandertaler, meaning "of, from, or pertaining to the Neandertal ("Neander Valley")", the site near Düsseldorf where early Homo neanderthalensis fossils were first found.
From "Adopt Me" to "Royale High," YouTube gaming expert MeganPlays walked Yahoo Life through the 10 most-played games on Roblox and what kids are doing in them.
German words and phrases (6 C, 395 P) L. Lists of loanwords of Germanic origin (13 P) N. Names of Germanic origin (5 C, 14 P) Norwegian words and phrases (8 P) S.
According to the orthography in use in German prior to the German orthography reform of 1996, ß was written to represent : word internally following a long vowel or diphthong: Straße, reißen; and; at the end of a syllable or before a consonant, so long as is the end of the word stem: muß, faßt, wäßrig. [10]: 176