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2. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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   As languages, English and German descend from the common ancestor language West Germanic and further back to Proto-Germanic; because of this, some English words are essentially identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in spelling (Hand, Sand, Finger) or pronunciation ("fish" = Fisch, "mouse" = Maus), or both (Arm, Ring); these are ...

3. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

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   This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

4. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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   Kraut is a German word recorded in English from 1918 onwards as a derogatory term for a German, particularly a German soldier during World War I. The term came up after the American entry into World War I , which followed the Turnip Winter and had resulted in the food trade stop for Germany through neutral states.

5. List of pseudo-German words in English - Wikipedia

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   The word "Blitz" (a bolt of lightning) was not used in German in its aerial-war aspect; it acquired an entirely new usage in English during World War II. In British English, 'blitz' is also used as a verb in a culinary context, to mean liquidise in a blender, a food processor or with a handheld blender stick. [citation needed]

6. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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   As a result, many words are distantly related to German. Most German words relating to World War I and World War II found their way into the English language, words such as Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Führer, and Lebensraum; food terms, such as bratwurst, hamburger and frankfurter; words related to psychology and philosophy, such as gestalt ...

7. Wikipedia:Language learning centre/German word list - Wikipedia

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   Wortpaaren - Word pairs; Wuchshöhen - grow heights; Wucht - impact; wunderbar - wonderful; Wut - anger/rage; Wutanfälle - tantrums; Wutausbruch - Outburst; wächst weiter - keeps growing; wähler - voter - wählerstimmen - votes; Wählschalter - Selector switch; wählte - chose; Wärmeenergie - Thermal energy; Zahlen - numbers; zahlreich ...