@[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]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoIn English, it is, surprisingly, just “kaput” with a single “t”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoProbably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct
Kaputt*
In English, it is, surprisingly, just “kaput” with a single “t”
Probably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct
Funny! So we can say “‘kaput’ is(t) kaputt.”