@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-square92fedilinkarrow-up148
arrow-up148message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•edit-22 years 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-squareInternationalBastardlinkfedilink3•2 years agoBut it’s Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink7•2 years 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,… )
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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!