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German Words in English

German Words in English

ENGLISH

DEUTSCH

MEANING

glitz
glitzy

glitzerig
glitzern

"glittering, sparkling" - gaudiness/gaudy, glittery, ostentatious(ness).

glockenspiel

Glockenspiel

"bell play" - an instrument played by striking tuned flat metal plates.

hamburger

Hamburger

orig. a "Hamburg steak," a fancy name for ground beef.

hamster

Hamster

burrowing animal often kept as a pet.

hertz (Hz)
gigahertz
megahertz

Hertz

International unit of frequency (Hz = one cycle per second), named for German physicist Heinrich R. Hertz (1857-1894).

kaput

kaputt

broken, not working; defeated.

kindergarten

Kindergarten

"children's garden" - The first kindergarten was created in Blankenberg (Thüringen) by Friedrich Fröbel in 1839.

kitsch
kitschy

Kitsch
kitschig

something gaudy or pretentious, in poor taste (art, literature, furnishings).

lager

Lager

"storeroom, warehouse" - lager beer gets its name from the fact that it is stored for aging.

Neanderthal

Neanderthal

Germany's "Neander valley," where the remains of ancient man were found.

poltergeist

poltern + Geist

a ghost that makes mysterious noises, from the German poltern, to make noise.

quartz

Quarz
(pron., kvartz)

quartz, a crystalline mineral/rock, SiO2 (silicon dioxide).

rucksack

Rucksack

"back pack."

schnauzer

Schnauzer

A breed of dog that takes its name from the German word for "snout" (die Schnauze).

schuss
schussing

Schuss

"shot," a straight run in downhill skiing.

uber- / über-
(pron. OOBER)

über
(over, above)

a German prefix used to indicate a "super-something" or a "mother of all" whatevers, as in "Martha Stewart, the über-diva."

waltz

Walzer/walzen

"waltz, to revolve" - a dance in 3/4 time that evolved from the traditional German Ländler folk dance in the 18th century.

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist

spirit of the age/times.

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