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This is a list of German expressions used in English; some relatively common (e.g. hamburger), most comparatively rare. In many cases, the German borrowing in English has assumed a meaning substantially different from its German forebear. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about the food item. ... A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. ...

English and German both descended from the West Germanic language, though their relationship has been obscured by the great influx of Norman French words to English as a consequence of the Norman Conquest in 1066, and the second Germanic sound shift. In recent years, however, many English words have been borrowed directly from German. Typically, English spellings of German loanwords suppress any umlauts (the superscript, double-dot diacritic in Ä, Ö, Ü, ä, ö and ü) of the original word or replace the umlaut letters with Ae, Oe, Ue, ae, oe, ue, respectively (influenced by Latin: æ, œ.) West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as English, Dutch, and German. ... Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest of England was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ... The second Germanic sound shift (zweite germanische Lautverschiebung in German), which took place during the 7th and 8th centuries, separated High German from Low German. ... A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. ... In linguistics, umlaut (from German um- around/the other way + Laut sound) is a process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a vowel or semivowel in a following syllable. ... Example of a letter with a diacritic A diacritic or diacritical mark, also called an accent, is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. ...

German words have been incorporated to English usage for many reasons: common cultural artefacts, especially foods, have spread to English-speaking nations and often are identified either by their original German names or by German-sounding English names; the history of academic excellence of the German-speaking nations in science, scholarship, and classical music has led to the academic adoption of much German for use in English context; discussion of German history and culture requires knowing German words. Lastly, some German words are used simply to a fictionalise an English narrative passage, implying that the subject expressed is in German, i.e. using Frau, Reich, and so on, although sometimes usage of German words holds no German implication, as in doppelgänger or angst. A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Scholarly method - or as it is more commonly called, scholarship - is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... For other uses, see Doppelgänger (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Angst (disambiguation). ...

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 identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in the spelling (Hand, Finger) or in the pronunciation (Fish = Fisch), or both (Arm); these are excluded from this words list. West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as English, Dutch, and German. ... The Germanic languages are a group of related languages constituting a branch of the Indo-European (IE) language family. ... For other uses, see Hand (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... Look up ARM in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

German terms commonly used in English

The German words of this category will easily be recognized by many English speakers; they are commonly used in English contexts. Some, such as wurst or pumpernickel, still retain German connotations, while others, such as lager and hamburger, retain none. Not every word is recognizable outside its relevant context.

Food and drink

• Beergarden (German spelling: Biergarten)
• Bratwurst (sometimes abbv. brat), a type of sausage
• Delicatessen (modern German spelling: Delikatessen; abbv. deli)
• Döner, Turkish grilled meat dish (actually a Turkish word)
• Hamburger
• Hasenpfeffer, a type of rabbit (or hare) stew
• Frankfurter
• Kirschwasser (in U.S. English only), a spirit drink made from cherries
• Kohlrabi, a type of cabbage
• Kraut (in U.S. English only — can also be a derisive term for Germans)
• Lager (beer)
• Liverwurst (from the German Leberwurst; e.g., Braunschweiger)
• Muesli (German spelling: Müsli, Swiss German Müesli)
• Pilsener (or Pils, Pilsner), a pale lager beer
• Pretzel (German spelling: Brezel), a flour and yeast based pastry
• Pumpernickel, a type of sourdough rye bread, strongly flavoured, dense, and dark in colour
• Rollmops, a rolled, pickled herring fillet
• Sauerkraut, fermented cabbage
• Schnapps (German spelling: Schnaps), distilled beverage
• Spritzer, a chilled drink from white wine and soda water
• Stein A large drinking mug, usually for beer
• Strudel (e. g. Apfelstrudel), a filled pastry
• Wiener, a hot dog
• Wiener schnitzel, a crumbed veal cutlet
• Wurst, sausage, cold cuts
• Zwieback, a "twice baked" bread; variants: German hard biscuits (Zwieback); Mennnonite double yeast roll.

A beer garden (or in the German language, Biergarten) is an open-air drinking establishment that originated in Bavaria, where beer gardens in general are distinguished from traditional beer gardens today. ... Bratwurst with sauerkraut and potatoes A bratwurst (IPA: ) is a sausage composed of pork, beef, and sometimes veal. ... This article is about food stores. ... The döner meat is being sliced from a rotating spit. ... This article is about the food item. ... Hasenpfeffer (literally, peppered hare) is a traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Kirschwasser, German for cherry water, (pronounced ), often known simply as Kirsch (German for cherry), is a clear brandy made from double distillation of the fermented juice of a small black cherry. ... Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group) is a low, stout cultivar of the cabbage which has been selected for its swollen, nearly spherical, Sputnik-like shape. ... The German word Kraut is a generic term that is often used in compound nouns for cabbage, cabbage products and many herbs: Sauerkraut = pickled sour cabbage Weißkraut = green cabbage Blaukraut or Rotkraut = red cabbage (also called Rotkohl) Rübenkraut = thick sugar beet syrup Bohnenkraut = Savory Unkraut = Weed The word... Lager is a well attenuated beer brewed in cool conditions using a slow-acting brewers yeast, known as a bottom-fermenting yeast, and then stored (or lagered) for a period in cool conditions to clear away particles and certain flavour compounds to produce a clean taste. ... For other uses, see Beer (disambiguation). ... Slices of Liverwurst Liverwurst, literally meaning liver sausage, is a typical sausage served in Germany (German: Leberwurst) and the Netherlands (Dutch: leverworst). ... Braunschweiger (named after Braunschweig, Germany) is a type of pork liver sausage, nearly always smoked, distinguished from other liverwurst in that it is soft enough to be used as a spread (and typically is). ... Muesli (originally Birchermüesli or Müesli [myə̯sli] in Standard Swiss German, Müsli in German and Austrian Standard German) is a popular breakfast dish (breakfast cereal) based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit. ... Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland. ... Original Pilsner Urquell Pilsener or pilsner is a pale lager, developed in the 19th century in the city of Pilsen, Bohemia (Plzeň in the Czech Republic). ... This article is about the baked snack. ... Pumpernickel is a type of German sourdough bread made with a combination of rye flour and rye meal (a more coarsely ground form of the flour). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Herring. ... Sauerkraut and sausage on a plate Pickled Eisbein, served with Sauerkraut Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Schnapps is a type of distilled beverage. ... A spritzer is a tall, chilled drink, usually made with white wine and soda water. ... German Maßkrug of Augustiner Bräu. ... Apfelstrudel A strudel is a type of pastry that originated in Germany and Austria and is most often associated with Austrian and German cuisine. ... Apfelstrudel Apfelstrudel (Apple strudel) is a traditional pastry of southern Germany and many countries that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire (Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, etc. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Not to be confused with Wienerschnitzel, an American restaurant chain. ... Some of the many varieties of Sausages A sausage consists of ground meat and other animal parts, herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing (traditionally the intestines of the animal), and preserved in some way. ... For English DJ duo, see Coldcut. ... Zwieback is a kind of sweetened bread, usually fortified with eggs. ...

Sports and recreation

• Abseil (German spelling: sich abseilen, a reflexive verb, to rope (seil) oneself (sich) down (ab)) is also commonly called "rappelling" in America, "abseiling" in Australia, "roping (down)" in various English settings, and "snapling" by Israelis.
• Blitz, taken from Blitzkrieg - "lightning war". It is a team defensive play in American or Canadian football in which the defense sends more players than the offense can block.
• Foosball (German spelling: Fußball, originally referred strictly to the field sport football; known as soccer in the United States, Canada and South Africa, today foosball refers exclusively to a mechanical game found in arcades, drinking establishments and some homes. The game features numerous spinning handles along two sides (for each team) controlling the players, a miniature ball and two goals. It is also called Tischfußball, Wuzzler, Kicker, or Krökeln in German, Töggele in Swiss German, and simply table football in the UK, Australia and the rest of the Anglic world.
• Carabiner (German spelling: Karabiner - Snaplink, a metal loop with a sprung or screwed gate, used in climbing and mountaineering); modern short form/derivation of the older word 'Karabinerhaken'; translates to 'Riflehook'
• Fahrvergnügen (German: Fahrvergnügen, meaning "driving pleasure"; originally, the word was introduced in a Volkswagen advertising campaign in the U.S., one tag line was: "Are we having Fahrvergnügen yet?").
• Kletterschuh
• Rucksack (more commonly called a backpack in U.S. English)
• Schuss (literally: shot — ski down a slope at high speed)
• Turnverein - a gymnastics club or society
• Volksmarching
• Volkssport
• Volkswalk
• Volkswanderung
• Wunderbar

In British English, abseiling (from the German abseilen, to rope down) is the process of descending on a fixed rope. ... In American football, a blitz is a defensive maneuver in which one or more linebackers or defensive backs, who normally remain behind the line of scrimmage during a play, are instead sent across the line to the opponents side in order to try to tackle the quarterback. ... This article is about the military term. ... Foosball (from the German Fußball = soccer - In German itself its called Kicker or Tischfußball) is also known as table soccer, table football, babyfoot, jitz, or gettone. ... Soccer redirects here. ... A screw lock HMS carabiner A carabiner or karabiner (colloquially: crab, d ring, krab, or biner) is a metal loop with a sprung or screwed gate. ... Fahrvergnügen was a slogan, translating as driving enjoyment (from fahren, to drive, plus Vergnügen, enjoyment), used by Volkswagen in an ad campaign (c. ... Climbing shoes A climbing shoe is a piece of foot wear that is specifically designed and worn for climbing. ... The simplest form of backpack (also rucksack or knapsack) is a cloth sack carried on ones back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders and below the armpits. ... A backpack A backpack is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on ones back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders (called shoulder straps) and below the armpits. ... For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). ... A shaped, twin-tip alpine ski. ... This article is about the mathematical term. ... Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (Turnvater Jahn) (August 11th 1778, Lanz - October 15th 1852, Freyburg) was a German Prussian gymnastics educator and patriot. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Volksmarching is a form of non-competitive fitness walking that developed in Europe. ... Volksmarching is a form of non-competitive fitness walking that developed in Europe. ... Volksmarching is a form of non-competitive fitness walking that developed in Europe. ... Volksmarching is a form of non-competitive fitness walking that developed in Europe. ...

Other aspects of everyday life

• -bahn as a suffix, e.g. Infobahn (ironic term for 'high-capacity data networks', after Autobahn.)
• Dachshund (a word that Germans rarely use; they say 'Dackel')
• Doberman Pinscher (German spelling: Dobermannpinscher, Germans often just say 'Dobermann')
• Doppelgänger ("double-goer"; also spelled in English as: doppelganger) — usages: "double", "look-alike" or "imitation", in German it denotes a person impersonating another, not an object
• Dreck Literally dirt or smut, but now means "trashy", "awful"
• Dummkopf (dumm=dumb/not intelligent + Kopf=head) a stupid, ignorant person (used contemptuously)
• Ersatz, "replacement" as from the German Ersatzteil (spare part, replacement part); in English: "substitute", "imitation" (used derogatorily)
• Fest
• Flak (Flugabwehrkanone — literally: air-defense gun), for anti-aircraft guns or their shells, as in flak jacket; or in the figurative sense: "drawing flak" = being heavily criticized
• Gesundheit (German: "health"; an exclamation used in place of "bless you!" after someone has sneezed, an interesting theory traces this use back to the Bubonic plague epidemic.)
• kaput (German spelling: kaputt)
• Kindergarten, children’s garden, common in many countries, though not in the UK
• Kitsch: cheap, sentimental, gaudy items of popular culture
• Kraut, a derogatory term for a German, because of assumed dietary habits (cabbage). Primarily used during World War I and World War II.
• Lebensraum — "space to live", a term popularized by Adolf Hitler's genocidal plan to conquer eastern Europe and repopulate it with ethnic Germans
• Meister, "Master", also as a suffix "-meister" — in modern English used sarcastically; compare to Italian Maestro
• Nazi — short form for National Socialist; now U.S. slang for totalitarian behaviour. One popular reference is to an episode of the U.S. television comedy programme Seinfeld, which features the soup nazi restaurateur character.
• Neanderthal (modern German spelling: Neandertal), of, from, and or pertaining to the "Neander Valley", site near Düsseldorf where early Homo neanderthalensis fossils were found.
• Oktoberfest — A Bavarian Folk Festival held annually in Munich during late September and early October.
• Poltergeist — 'mischievous, noisy ghost' cases of haunting involving spontaneous psychokinesis
• Rottweiler — breed of dog, named for its town of origin
• Schadenfreude, also Schadensfreude — happiness at the misfortune of others; the German word is more familiar than the English term epicaricacy
• Schnauzer - a German breed of dog with a close, wiry coat and heavy whiskers round the muzzle; also means "mustache"
• Spitz (a breed of dog)
• uber, über, (German spelling: über) - "over", used to indicate that something or someone is of better or greater magnitude, e.g. überherren, cf. Übermensch
• Ur- (German prefix): original or prototypical, e.g., Ur-feminist, Ur-language; Ursprache (proto-language), Urtext
• verboten - (prohibited or forbidden)
• Volkswagen (brand of automobile) - proper name in English; often pronounced with English phonetics (e.g. [ˈvolkswægən] instead of German [ˈfɔlksvaːgən])
  (i.e. initial German v is sounded as English v, rather than German f; English w, rather than German v; and English short a instead of German long a). In Germany, the abbreviation VW is often used instead of the long form.
• Wanderlust the yearning to travel
• Weltanschauung — World-view, underlying assumptions about reality.
• Wunderkind, "wonder child", a prodigy
• Zeitgeist - "spirit of the time"
• Zeppelin, type of airship named after its inventor

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A flak jacket is a form of protective clothing originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during World War II to help protect Royal Air Force (RAF) air personnel from the flying debris and shrapnel thrown by German anti-aircraft guns flak (Fliegerabwehrkanone), a type of exploding shell. ... Look up Gesundheit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The bubonic plague or bubonic fever is the best-known variant of the deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis). ... For other uses, see Kindergarten (disambiguation). ... Kitsch is a term of German origin that has been used to categorize art that is considered an inferior copy of an existing style. ... The German word Kraut is a generic term that is often used in compound nouns for cabbage, cabbage products and many herbs: Sauerkraut = pickled sour cabbage Weißkraut = green cabbage Blaukraut or Rotkraut = red cabbage (also called Rotkohl) Rübenkraut = thick sugar beet syrup Bohnenkraut = Savory Unkraut = Weed The word... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal           (German for habitat or literally living space) was one of the major political ideas of Adolf Hitler, and an important component of Nazi ideology. ... 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German terms common in English academic context

German terms frequently appear in English academic disciplines, notably history, psychology, philosophy, music, and the physical sciences; laymen in a given field may or may not be familiar with a given German term. This article is about the study of the past in human terms. ... Psychological science redirects here. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... == Headline text ==cant there be some kind of picture somewhere so i can see by picture???? Physical science is a encompassing term for the branches of natural science, and science, that study non-living systems, in contrast to the biological sciences. ...

Academia

• Ansatz, basic approach
• Festschrift, book prepared by colleagues to honor a scholar, traditionally presented sixty years after the first major work by the individual being thus honored.
• Leitfaden, ('guiding thread') illustration of the interdependence between chapters of a book.
• Methodenstreit, disagreement on methodology
• Privatdozent
• Doktorvater, dissertation advisor

In academia, a Festschrift (; plural, Festschriften, ) is a book honouring a respected academic. ... Methodenstreit is a German term referring to an intellectual controversy or debate over epistemology, research methodology, or the way in which academic inquiry is framed or pursued. ... Privatdozent (PD or Priv. ...

Architecture

• Bauhaus
• Jugendstil
• Plattenbau
• Biedermeier

For information about British gothic rock band, see Bauhaus (band). ... Jugendstil is defined as a style of architecture or decorative art similar to Art Nouveau, popular in German-speaking areas of Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries [1]. Jugendstil was also popular in the Nordic countries, where it became integrated with the National Romantic Style. ... Modernized Plattenbau in Rostock Original East German Plattenbau like it was built in 1980 Plattenbau is the German word for a building whose structure is constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs. ... In Central Europe, Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (Vienna Congress), the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions and contrasts with the Romantic era which preceded...

Arts

• Gesamtkunstwerk, "the whole of a work of art", also "total work of art" or "complete artwork"
• Gestalt "The Sum of the parts are greater than value of the whole"

Look up Gesamtkunstwerk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up gestalt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Theatre

• Verfremdungseffekt

Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 - August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. ...

Typography

• Fraktur, a style of blackletter typeface

Fig. ... “Black letter” redirects here. ...

Biology

• Bauplan
• Anlage
• Bereitschaftspotential

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Chess

• Fingerfehler: slip of the finger
• Luft
• Zeitnot
• Zugzwang
• Zwischenzug

Luft, the German word for air, is used by some chess writers and commentators to denote a space left by a pawn move into which a castled king may move, especially such a space made with the intention of avoiding a back-rank mate. ... A time control is imposed on the tournament play of almost all two-player board games to ensure that neither player delays the game or gains an unfair advantage by thinking for an unduly long time. ... Zugzwang (German for compulsion to move, IPA: ) is a term used in combinatorial game theory and in other types of games (particularly in chess). ... In chess, zwischenzug (German for intermediate move) is a common tactic that occurs in almost every game. ...

Economics

• Freigeld
• Freiwirtschaft
• Lumpenproletariat
• Takt
• Wirtschaftswunder

In the theory of Freiwirtschaft, Freigeld (German for free money) is a monetary (or exchange) unit. ... Freiwirtschaft (German for free economy) is an economic idea founded by Silvio Gesell in 1916. ... The lumpenproletariat (German Lumpenproletariat, rabble-proletariat; raggedy proletariat) is a term originally defined by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The German Ideology (1845), their famous second joint work, and later expounded upon in future works by Marx. ... Takt time can be defined as the maximum time allowed to produce a product in order to meet demand. ... The term Wirtschaftswunder (English: economic miracle) designates the upturn experienced in the West German and Austrian economies after the Second World War. ...

Geography

• Hinterland
• Inselberg
• Mitteleuropa
• Thalweg (written "Talweg" in Germany today)

The meaning of hinterland and its history. ... An inselberg is an isolated hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. ... The approximate area of Mitteleuropa Mitteleuropa (Central/Middle Europe) is a German term approximately equal to Central Europe. ... Thalweg (a German word compounded from Tal, valley, and Weg, way) is a term adopted into English usage for geography. ...

Geology

• Gneiss (German Gneis)
• Graben
• Karst
• Dreikanter

Minerals including: Gneiss Gneiss (IPA: ) is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from preexisting formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks, which most commonly forms on ancient seabeds. ... USGS image A graben is a depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults. ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

• Quartz (German Quarz)
• Feldspar (German Feldspat)
• Meerschaum

For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Meerschaum is a soft white mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea, and rather suggestive of sea-foam (German: Meerschaum), whence also the French name for the same substance, écume de mer. ...

History

(Some terms are listed in multiple categories if they are important to each.)

The Third Reich

See Glossary of the Weimar Republic and Glossary of the Third Reich. These are terms, concepts and ideas that are useful to understanding the political situation in the Weimar Republic. ... This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that were specifically used in Nazi Germany. ...

Other historical periods

• Junker
• Kaiser, "emperor" (derived from the title "Caesar")
• Kulturkampf, literally the 'struggle for culture'; Bismarck's campaign for secularity which mostly went against Catholics in the newly formed German state, ostensibly a result of Bismarck's suspicion of Catholic loyalty
• Landflucht
• Ostflucht
• Ostpolitik
• Ostalgie (nostalgia for the former Eastern Bloc, specifically for the DDR)
• Realpolitik (Political science: "real politics"); usually implies the way politics really work, i.e. via the influence of power and money, rather than a political party's given interpretation.
• Reichstag (Imperial Diet; see Reichstag (building) and Reichstag (institution))
• Sammlungspolitik
• Völkerschlacht — the Battle of Nations
• Völkerwanderung — the Migration (and Invasions) of the Germanic peoples in the 4th cent.
• Weltpolitik — the politics of global domination; contemporarily, "the current climate in global politics".
• Biedermeier, era in early 19th century Germany

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Military terms

• Blitzkrieg - Lightning war. Phrase invented by a Spanish journalist to describe mobile combined arms methods used by Nazis in 1939–1940.
• Flak (Flugabwehrkanone), anti-aircraft gun (for derived meanings see under Other aspects of everyday life)
• Fliegerhorst, another word for a military airport
• Karabiner type of a gun. For the climbing hardware, see carabiner above
• Kriegspiel, war game; correct German word: Kriegsspiel)
• Luftwaffe, air force
• Panzer refers to tanks and other armoured vehicles, or formations of such vehicles
• Panzerfaust, tank fist anti-tank weapon, a small recoilless gun.
• Strafe, punishment
• U-Boot (abbreviated form of Unterseeboot — submarine, but commonly called U-Boot in Germany as well)
• Vernichtungsgedanke (thought of annihilation)

This article is about the military term. ... FLAK was a punk rock side project of members of the band Machinae Supremacy in 2001. ... This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. ... A carbine is a firearm similar to, but generally shorter and less powerful than, a rifle or musket of a given period. ... Kriegsspiel is a German word for wargame. It can mean: A historical term Kriegsspiel used to discuss wargames conducted by the Prussian and German military. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... Panzer IV Ausf. ... For other uses, see Panzerfaust (disambiguation). ... M67 recoilless rifle The first recoilless rifles (RCL) were developed near the end of World War II as a lightweight form of anti-tank weaponry. ... Warfare Strafing (adaptation of German strafen - to punish) is the practice of shooting a machine gun, from an airplane in flight, at objects or people on the ground. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... Vernichtungsgedanke, meaning the concept of annihilation in German, is a Prussian / German tactical doctrine, dating to Frederick the Great. ...

Linguistics

• Ablaut
• Abstandsprache
• Aktionsart
• Ausbausprache
• Dachsprache
• Dreimorengesetz, "three-mora law", the rule for placing stress in Latin
• Grenzsignal, "boundary signal"
• Loanword (ironically not a loanword but rather a calque from German Lehnwort)
• Leitmotiv, a recurring theme
• Sitz im Leben (Biblical linguistics mainly; the study of Pragmatics has a similar approach)
• Sprachbund, "language union", a group of languages that have become similar because of geographical proximity
• Sprachraum
• Suffixaufnahme
• Umlaut
• Urheimat
• Ursprache, "proto-language"
• Wanderwort

In linguistics, the term ablaut (from German ab- in the sense down, reducing + Laut sound) designates a system of vowel gradations in Proto-Indo-European and its far-reaching consequences in all of the modern Indo-European languages. ... The Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache framework is a tool developed by sociolinguists, e. ... The aktionsart or lexical aspect of a verb is a part of the way in which that verb it is structured in relation to time. ... The Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache framework is a tool developed by sociolinguists, e. ... The Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache framework is a tool developed by sociolinguists, e. ... Dreimorengesetz is a German term which translates to three mora rule. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. ... // In linguistics, a calque (pronounced ) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word (Latin: verbum pro verbo) or root-for-root translation. ... A leitmotif (also spelled leitmotiv) is a recurring musical theme, associated within a particular piece of music with a particular person, place or idea. ... Pragmatics is the study of the ability of natural language speakers to communicate more than that which is explicitly stated. ... A Sprachbund (German for language bond, also known as a linguistic area, convergence area, diffusion area) is a group of languages that have become similar in some way because of geographical proximity. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Suffixaufnahme (German for suffix-absorption) is a linguistic phenomenon whereby a genitive noun declines to match its head noun, and vice-versa. ... The word umlaut is used in both linguistic and typographic senses. ... Urheimat (German: ur- original, ancient; Heimat home, homeland) is a linguistic term denoting the original homeland of the speakers of a proto-language. ... Proto-language may refer to either: a language that preceded a certain set of given languages, or a system of communication during a stage in glottogony that may not yet be properly called a language. ... A Wanderwort (plural Wanderwörter, German for wandering word, ) is a word that was spread among numerous languages and cultures, usually in connection with trade, so that it becomes impossible to establish its original etymology, or even its original language. ...

Literature

• Bildungsroman
• Künstlerroman
• Sturm und Drang, an 18th century literary movement; "storm and stress" in English, although the literal translation is closer to "storm and urge".
• Urtext, "original text"
• Vorlage, original or mastercopy of a text on which derivates are based
• Wahlverwandtschaft (pronounced with a v) (from Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften)
• Q, abbreviation for Quelle ("source"), a postulated lost document in Biblical criticism

A Bildungsroman (IPA: /, German: novel of self-cultivation) is a novelistic form which concentrates on the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the protagonist usually from childhood to maturity. ... A Künstlerroman (//, German: artists novel) is a kind of Bildungsroman; it is a novel about an artists growth to maturity. ... Sturm und Drang (literally: storm and stress) was a Germany literary movement that developed during the latter half of the 18th century. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... An urtext edition of a work of classical music is a printed version intended to reproduce the original intention of the composer as exactly as possible, without any added or changed material. ... Goethe redirects here. ... Elective Affinities (originally Die Wahlverwandtschaften in German) is an 1809 novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... The Q document or Q (from the German Quelle, source) is a postulated lost textual source for the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke. ... This article is about the academic treatment of the bible as a historical document. ...

Mathematics and formal logic

• Ansatz (lit. "set down," roughly equivalent to "approach" or "where to begin", a starting assumption)
• "Eigen-" in composita such as eigenfunction, eigenvector, eigenvalue, eigenform; in English "-self" or "own".
• Entscheidungsproblem
• Grossencharakter
• Hilbert's Nullstellensatz (Without apostrophe in German)
• Ideal (Originally "ideale Zahlen", defined by Ernst Kummer)
• Kernel (ger.: Kern, translated as core)
• Krull's Hauptidealsatz (Without apostrophe in German)
• Möbius band (ger.: Möbiusband)
• quadratfrei
• Stützgerade
• Vierergruppe (also known as Klein four-group)
• "Neben-" in composita such as Nebentype
• from (ganze) Zahlen ((whole) numbers), the integers

Ansatz (Ger. ... In mathematics, an eigenfunction of a linear operator A defined on some function space is any non-zero function f in that space that returns from the operator exactly as is, except for a multiplicative scaling factor. ... In linear algebra, the eigenvectors (from the German eigen meaning own) of a linear operator are non-zero vectors which, when operated on by the operator, result in a scalar multiple of themselves. ... In mathematics, a number is called an eigenvalue of a matrix if there exists a nonzero vector such that the matrix times the vector is equal to the same vector multiplied by the eigenvalue. ... The Entscheidungsproblem (German for decision problem) is the challenge in symbolic logic to find a general algorithm which decides for given first-order statements whether they are universally valid or not. ... In mathematics, a Hecke character is a generalisation of a Dirichlet character, introduced by Erich Hecke to construct a class of L-functions larger than Dirichlet L-functions, and a natural setting for the Dedekind zeta-functions and certain others which have functional equations analogous to that of the Riemann... Hilberts Nullstellensatz (German: theorem of zeros) is a theorem in algebraic geometry that relates varieties and ideals in polynomial rings over algebraically closed fields. ... In ring theory, a branch of abstract algebra, an ideal is a special subset of a ring. ... In mathematics an ideal number is an algebraic integer which represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number field; the idea was developed by Kummer, and lead to Dedekinds definition of ideals for rings. ... Ernst Eduard Kummer (29 January 1810 in Sorau, Brandenburg, Prussia - 14 May 1893 in Berlin, Germany) was a German mathematician. ... The word kernel has several meanings in mathematics, some related to each other and some not. ... A Möbius strip made with a piece of paper and tape. ... ... In mathematics, the Klein four-group (or just Klein group or Viergruppe, often symbolized by the letter V), named after Felix Klein, is a group with four elements, the smallest non-cyclic group. ... This article is about the mathematical group. ... The integers consist of the positive natural numbers (1, 2, 3, …) the negative natural numbers (−1, −2, −3, ...) and the number zero. ...

Medicine

• Kernicterus
• Mittelschmerz ("middle pain", used to refer to ovulation pain)
• Rinderpest
• Spinnbarkeit
• Witzelsucht

Kernicterus is damage to the brain centers of infants caused by jaundice. ... Mittelschmerz (German: middle pain) is a medical term for ovulation pain. Some women have mittelschmerz regularly and can time their ovulation by it, but many never experience it. ... Rinderpest (RP) is a inflectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some species of wildlife, it is commonly reffered to as cattle plague. ... Spinnbarkeit is a medical term and refers to the stringy and stretchy quality of cervical mucus at the time just prior to ovulation. ... Witzelsucht, from the German witzel(ei) meaning pun or joke, and sucht meaning addiction or yearning, is a set of rare neurological symptoms characterized by the patients uncontrollable tendency to pun, tell inappropriate jokes and pointless or irrelevant stories at inconvenient moments. ...

Music

• Flugelhorn (German spelling: Flügelhorn), a type of brass musical instrument
• Glockenspiel, a percussion instrument
• Heldentenor, "heroic tenor"
• Hammerklavier, "hammer-keyboard", an archaic term for piano or the name of a specific kind of piano; most commonly used in English to refer to Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata.
• Kapellmeister, "music director"
• Leitmotif (German spelling: Leitmotiv) a musical phrase that associates with a specific person, thing, or idea.
• Lied (pronounced "leet"), "song"; specifically in English, "art song"
• Lieder ohne Worte, "songs without words"
• Liedermacher
• Meistersinger
• Minnesinger (German spelling: Minnesänger) "Love poet or minstrel"
• Schlager, "a hit" (German "schlagen", to hit or beat).
• Schuhplattler, a regional dance from Upper Bavaria and Austria
• Singspiel, German musical drama with spoken dialogue
• Sprechgesang, form of musical delivery between speech and singing
• Sturm und Drang, "storm and stress", a brief esthetic movement in German literature, just before Weimar Classicism
• Urtext, "original text (of the composer)"
• Volksmusic (German spelling: Volksmusik)
• Waltz (German spelling: Walzer)

A standard 3-valved Bb flugelhorn. ... Most orchestral glockenspiels are mounted in a case. ... Percussion redirects here. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as a countertenor). ... Beethovens Hammerklavier sonata, Op. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Ludwig van Beethovens Piano Sonata No. ... A Kapellmeister is nowadays the director or conductor of an orchestra or choir. ... A leitmotif (IPA pronunciation: ) (also leitmotiv; lit. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. ... Liedermacher is German for singer-songwriter. ... A Meistersinger (German for master-singer) was a German lyric poet of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, who carried on and developed the traditions of the medieval Minnesingers. ... Minnesang was the tradition of lyric and song writing in Germany which flourished in the 12th century and continued into the 14th century. ... Schlager (German Schlager, literally hitter or, more loosely translated, a hit) is a style of popular music that is prevalent in northern Europe, in particular Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Latvia and Lithuania, but also to a lesser extent in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. ... The Schuhplattler is a traditional folk dance from Bavaria and Austria. ... Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city Munich. ... Singspiel (song-play) is a form of German-language music drama, similar to modern musical theater, though it is also referred to as a type of operetta or opera. ... Sprechgesang and sprechstimme (German for spoken-song and spoken-voice) are musical terms used to refer to an expressionist vocal technique that falls between singing and speaking. ... Sturm und Drang (literally: storm and stress) was a Germany literary movement that developed during the latter half of the 18th century. ... Weimar Classicism is, as many historians and scholars argue, a disputed literary movement that took place in Germany and Continental Europe. ... An urtext edition of a work of classical music is a printed version intended to reproduce the original intention of the composer as exactly as possible, without any added or changed material. ... Volksmusik is a style of traditional music, usually, though not always, with a singer or singers (duets being particularly common), which is highly popular (mainly with older people) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ... For other uses, see Waltz (disambiguation). ...

Philosophy

• An sich, in itself
• Dasein
• Ding an sich, thing in itself from Kant
• Geist, mind, spirit or ghost
• Gott ist tot!, a popular phrase from Nietzsche; more commonly rendered "God is dead!" in English.
• Übermensch, also from Nietzsche; the ideal of a Superhuman or Overman.
• Weltanschauung, Worldview or View of the world
• Weltschmerz, World-weariness/World-pain, angst; despair with the World (often used ironically in German)
• Wertfreiheit, Freedom from value judgements; ethical neutrality (in a post-modernistic philosophy sense)
• Wille zur Macht, a central concept of Nietzsche's philosophy; it means "the Will to Power."

An sich is an expression borrowed from German language. ... Dasein is a concept forged by Martin Heidegger in his magnum opus Being and Time . ... The noumenon (plural: noumena) classically refers to an object of human inquiry, understanding or cognition. ... Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (April 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804) was a Prussian philosopher, generally regarded as one of Europes most influential thinkers and the last major philosopher of the Enlightenment. ... Geist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For the novel, see God is Dead (novel). ... Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Overman is also used as an English translation for the Nietzsches theory of Ãœbermensch Overman one who inspects the state of the mine every morning before the men go to work. ... A world view, also spelled as worldview is a term calqued from the German word Weltanschauung (look onto the world). The German word is also in wide use in English, as well as the translated form world outlook. ... This article is about the radio show. ... Look up Weltschmerz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ...

Physical sciences

• Ansatz, an assumption for a function that is not based on an underlying theory
• Aufbau principle (physical chemistry)
• Bauplan, body plan of animals
• Bremsstrahlung
• Entgegen and its opposite zusammen (organic chemistry)
• Föhn, also foehn, a warm wind which sometimes appears on the northern side of the alps in south Germany and Austria.
• Gedanken experiment (German spelling: Gedankenexperiment; more commonly referred to as a "thought experiment" in English.)
• Gegenschein
• Gerade and its opposite ungerade (quantum mechanics)
• Heiligenschein
• Lagerstätten, repositories
• Mischmetall, alloy.
• Rocks and minerals like Quartz (German spelling: Quarz), Gneiss and Feldspar (originally "Gneis" respectively "Feldspat"), Meerschaum
• Reststrahlen (residual rays)
• Sollbruchstelle, predetermined breaking point
• Spiegeleisen
• Umpolung (organic chemistry)
• Vierbein, and variations such as vielbein
• Zitterbewegung
• Zwitterion

Ansatz (Ger. ... Electron atomic and molecular orbitals The Aufbau principle from German Aufbau meaning buildup (also Aufbau rule or building-up principle), is used to determine the electron configuration of an atom, molecule or ion. ... Physical chemistry is the application of physics to macroscopic, microscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems[1]within the field of chemistry traditionally using the principles, practices and concepts of thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics and kinetics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into body plan. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... (help· info), (from the German bremsen, to brake and Strahlung, radiation, thus, braking radiation), is electromagnetic radiation produced by the acceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus. ... Cis-2-butene Trans-2-butene In chemistry, geometric isomerism or cis-trans isomerism is a form of stereoisomerism and describes the orientation of functional groups at the ends of a bond around which no rotation is possible. ... Cis-2-butene Trans-2-butene In chemistry, geometric isomerism or cis-trans isomerism is a form of stereoisomerism and describes the orientation of functional groups at the ends of a bond around which no rotation is possible. ... Organic chemistry is a specific discipline within chemistry which involves the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of chemical compounds consisting primarily of carbon and hydrogen, which may contain any number of other elements, including nitrogen, oxygen, the halogens as... A föhn wind or foehn wind occurs when a deep layer of prevailing wind is forced over a mountain range. ... In philosophy, physics, and other fields, a thought experiment (from the German Gedankenexperiment) is an attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination. ... Gegenschein (German for counterglow) is a faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun. ... For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to quantum mechanics. ... Heiligenschein (holy light) is the name for an optical effect which creates a bright spot around the shadow of a persons head when this person is looking at it. ... Lagerstätten (German, singular: Lagerstätte, literally: place(s) of storage or resting place(s)) are sedimentary deposits that exhibit extraordinary fossil richness or completeness. ... Mischmetal (from German: Mischmetall - mixed metals) is a pyrophoric alloy of rare earth elements in various naturally occurring proportions. ... For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). ... Gneiss Gneiss (IPA: ) is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from preexisting formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks, which most commonly forms on ancient seabeds. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Meerschaum is a soft white mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea, and rather suggestive of sea-foam (German: Meerschaum), whence also the French name for the same substance, écume de mer. ... Spiegeleisen (German: Spiegel— mirror or specular; Eisen—iron) is a ferromanganese alloy containing approximately 15% manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon. ... Umpolung or polarity inversion in organic chemistry is the chemical modification of a functional group with the aim the reversal of polarity of that group. ... Organic chemistry is a specific discipline within chemistry which involves the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of chemical compounds consisting primarily of carbon and hydrogen, which may contain any number of other elements, including nitrogen, oxygen, the halogens as... This page covers notations and definitions, sometimes called the Cartan formalism, for the Cartan connection concept. ... This page covers notations and definitions, sometimes called the Cartan formalism, for the Cartan connection concept. ... Zitterbewegung (English: jitter) is a theoretical helical or circular motion of elementary particles, in particular electrons, which is responsible for producing their spin and magnetic moment. ... A zwitterion (from German Zwitter — hybrid, hermaphrodite) is a compound with acidic and basic groups in the same molecule. ...

Politics

• Machtpolitik, power politics
• Putsch, overthrow of those in power by a small group, coup d'etat
• Realpolitik, "politics of reality": foreign politics based on practical concerns rather than ideology or ethics.
• Rechtsstaat, concept of a state based on law and human rights
• Berufsverbot
• Vergangenheitsbewältigung

Power politics is a state of international relations in which sovereigns protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic, or political aggression. ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Realpolitik (German: real (realistic, practical or actual) and Politik (politics) refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on practical considerations, rather than ideological notions. ... Rechtsstaat is a term borrowed from German jurisprudence which literally means a law-based state or constitutional state. It is a state in which the exercise of governmental power is constrained by the law, and is often tied to the Anglo-American concept of the rule of law. ... Berufsverbot, a word meaning professional disqualification, is the common name for the Anti-Radical Decree (Radikalenerlass), instituted by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and the premiers of the Länder on January 28, 1972. ... Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a composite German word that describes the process of dealing with the past (lit: Vergangenheit = past; Bewältigung = management, coming to terms with, mastering), which is perhaps best rendered in English as struggle to come to terms with the past. (The German word Geschichtsaufarbeitung is more or...

Psychology

• Angst, feeling of fear, but more deeply and without concrete object.

(Many think the meaning is much more specific in English and the German Angst equals "fear". Yet, this is not true, as the German Furcht means fear. The difference is that Furcht is provoked by a specific object or occurrence, while Angst is a more general state of being that does not need to be initiated by anything concrete. It can happen autonomously, e. g. influenced by prior experience of Furcht without reason. Angst is more appropriately equated to the English concept of "anxiety.")

• Sorge, a state of worry, but (like Angst) in a less concrete, more general sense, worry about the world, one's future, etc.
• Gestalt (psychology; much narrower meaning than in German, where it is a generic word with meanings like i.e. shape, form, likeness, figure)
• Schadenfreude (gloating - a malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others)
• Umwelt, environment.
• Zeitgeber (lit. time-giver; something that resets the circadian clock found in the SCN.)
• Weltschmerz, world-pain or world-weariness
• Wunderkind, child prodigy. This has become a loanword in English.

For other uses, see Angst (disambiguation). ... Sorge: Place names die Gemeinde Sorge (Harz) im Landkreis Wernigerode in Sachsen-Anhalt Rivers Sorge (Schleswig) in Schleswig-Holstein, Nebenfluss der Eider Sorge (Waadt) in Lausanne, Zufluss zum Genfer See German name of DzierzgoÅ„ River (German name of the city of DzierzgoÅ„ is Christburg) Last names Georg Andreas Sorge, Musiktheoretiker... Look up gestalt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Psychological science redirects here. ... Look up Schadenfreude in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Umwelt (from the German umwelt, environment) according to Jakob von Uexküll and Thomas A. Sebeok is the biological foundations that lie at the very epicenter of the study of both communication and signification in the human [and non-human] animal. ... Zeitgebers are environmental cues that usually help keep the circadian cycle. ... The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a region of the brain, located in the hypothalamus, that is responsible for controlling endogenous circadian rhythms. ... Look up Weltschmerz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wunderkind redirects here. ...

Sociology

• Gemeinschaft (sociology; community.)
• Gesellschaft (sociology; society.)
• Weltanschauung
• Zeitgeist, spirit of the times or age

Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft are sociological categories introduced by the German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies for two normal types of human association. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge [1]) is the systematic and scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social action, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous... Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft are sociological categories introduced by the German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies for two normal types of human association. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge [1]) is the systematic and scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social action, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous... A world view, also spelled as worldview is a term calqued from the German word Weltanschauung (look onto the world). The German word is also in wide use in English, as well as the translated form world outlook. ... This article is about the German word. ...

Theology

• Heilsgeschichte (salvation history, God's positive saving actions throughout history)
• Sitz im Leben (setting in life, context)

In Biblical criticism, Sitz im Leben is a German phrase roughly translating to setting in life. At its simplest, it describes what occasions certain passages in the Bible were written for, and is often called the genres of the Bible. ...

German terms mostly used for literary effect

There are a few terms which are recognised by many English speakers but are usually only used to deliberately evoke a German context:

• Autobahn — particularly common in British English and American English referring specifically to German motorways which have no general speed limit.
• Achtung — Literally, "attention" in English.
• Frau and Fräulein — Woman and young woman or girl, respectively in English. Indicating marital state, with Frau — Mrs. and Fräulein — Ms.; in Germany, however, the diminutive Fräulein lapsed from common usage in the late 1960s. Regardless of marital status, a woman is now commonly referred to as Frau, and Fräulein has come to be perceived as insulting.
• Führer (umlaut is usually dropped in English) — always used in English to denote Hitler or to connote a Fascistic leader — never used, as is possible in German, simply and unironically to denote a (non-Fascist) leader, (i.e. Bergführer = mountain guide, Stadtführer = city guide (book), Führerschein = driving licence etc.)
• Gott mit uns, (in German means "God be with us"), the motto of the Prussian emperor, it was used as a morale slogan amongst soldiers in both World Wars. It was bastardized as "Got mittens" by American and British soldiers, and is usually used nowadays, because of the German defeat in both wars, derisively to mean that wars are not won on religious grounds.
• Hände hoch — hands up
• Herr — evokes German context; Literally the German equivalent of Mr./Mister (derived from the adjective hehr, meaning "honourable" or "senior"). In a religious environment it means Lord.
• Lederhosen (Singular Lederhose in German denotes one pair of leather short pants or trousers. The original Bavarian word is Lederhosn, which is both singular and plural.)
• Leitmotif (German spelling: Leitmotiv) Any sort of recurring theme, whether in music, literature, or the life of a fictional character or a real person.
• Meister — used as a suffix to mean expert (Maurermeister), or master; in Germany it means also champion in sports (Weltmeister, Europameister, Landesmeister)
• Nein — no
• Raus — used to mean Out!
• Reich — to English speakers, Reich does not denote its literal meaning, "empire", but strongly connotes Nazism and is often used to suggest Fascism or authoritarianism, e.g., "Herr Reichsminister" used as a title for a disliked politician. German reich as an adjective means "rich", as a noun it means "empire" and "realm".
• Ja — yes
• Jawohl a German term that connotes an emphatic yes — "Yes, Indeed!" in English. It is often equated to "yes sir" in Anglo-American military films.
• Schnell! — Quickly!
• Kommandant — officer or person in command, especially of a military camp or U-Boat. (Applies regardless of military rank, in distinction to the English "commander".)
• Schweinhund (German spelling: Schweinehund) — literally: Schwein = pig, Hund = dog, Vulgarism like in der verdammte Schweinehund (the damned pig-dog). But also used to describe the lack of motivation (for example to quit a bad habit) Den inneren Schweinehund bekämpfen. = to battle the inner pig-dog.

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German terms rarely used in English

This is the unsorted, original list. If a term is common in a particular academic discipline, and there is no more commonly used English equivalent, then please move it to the list above.

• Aha-Erlebnis literally "aha experience" eg "Eureka".
• Fahrvergnugen (German spelling: Fahrvergnügen, literally pleasure of driving. Coined for a Volkswagen advertising campaign; caused widespread puzzlement in America when it was used in television commercials with no explanation.)
• Gastarbeiter — a German "guest worker" or foreign-born worker
• Kobold — a small mischievous fairy creature, traditionally translated as "Goblin", "Hobgoblin, and "Imp"; the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons has included reptilian Kobolds (as well as creatures called "Goblins", "Imps" and "Hobgoblins" in completely separate forms) as part of the bestiary for a number of editions, including the current edition, D&D d20 v3.5. Kobold is also the origin of the name of the metal cobalt.
• Schmutz (smut, dirt, filth). This term is, however, particularly popular in New York, reflecting the influence of the Yiddish language.
• ... über alles (originally "Deutschland über alles" (this sentence was meant originally to propagate a united Germany instead of small separated German Territories only); now used by extension in other cases, as in the Dead Kennedys song California Über Alles). This part (or rather, the whole first stanza) of the Deutschlandlied (Song of the Germans) is not part of the national anthem today, as it is thought to have been used to propagate the attitude of racial and national superiority in Nazi Germany, as in the phrase "Germany over all".
• Vorsprung durch Technik ('headstart through technology'): used in an advertising campaign by Audi, to suggest technical excellence
• Zweihander (German spelling: Zweihänder)

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Quotations

Many famous English quotations are translations from German^{[citation needed]}. On rare occasions an author will quote the original German as a sign of erudition.

• Muss es sein? Es muss sein!: "Must it be? It must be!" —Beethoven
• Der Krieg ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln: "War is politics by other means" (literally: "War is a mere continuation of politics by other means") — Clausewitz
• Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa — das Gespenst des Kommunismus: "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism" — the Communist Manifesto
• Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!: "Workers of the world, unite!" — the Communist Manifesto
• Gott würfelt nicht: "God does not play dice" — Einstein
• Raffiniert ist der Herrgott, aber boshaft ist er nicht: "Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not" — Einstein
• Wir müssen wissen, wir werden wissen: "We must know, we will know" — David Hilbert
• Was kann ich wissen? Was soll ich tun? Was darf ich hoffen?: "What can I know? What shall I do? What may I hope?" — Kant
• Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk: "God made the integers, all the rest is the work of man" — Leopold Kronecker
• Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen!: "Here I stand, I cannot do differently. God help me. Amen!" — attributed to Martin Luther
• Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent" — Wittgenstein
• Einmal ist keinmal: "What happens once might as well never have happened." literally "once is never" - Theme of The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

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Music

For terms used in music, see above.

Meanings of German band names

• 2raumwohnung = 2 room apartment
• Böhse Onkelz = (correct German spelling: böse Onkel, although it should be noted that "Onkels" is itself an incorrect plural form of "Onkel", the correct plural being "Onkel" without the s) "evil uncles," a term used in German as a euphemism for child molesters. The wrong spelling is done to "harden" its appearance (h in this context amplifies the ö; z is pronounced ts in German, and sounds sharper than s). The umlaut over the o in Böhse is not a heavy metal umlaut.
• Deichkind = dike (or levee) child
• Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft (or D.A.F.) = German-American Friendship
• Die Ärzte = the (medical) doctors, a German Punkrock band.
• Die Sterne = the stars (celestial body)
• Die Toten Hosen = literally the dead trousers. A slang expression for a boring place to be (phrase: "Hier ist total tote Hose.") (commonly used in the northern parts of Germany), it can also refer to impotence.
• Dschinghis Khan = The German spelling of Genghis Khan.
• Einstürzende Neubauten = "collapsing new buildings". For the band this evokes the image of buildings built during the postwar era, which were very hastily erected, hence supposedly prone to collapse.
• Eisbrecher = Ice breaker
• Fettes Brot = literally fat bread, but "fett" is also a Slang expression for cool
• Juli = July.
• KMFDM = "Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid" [sic] (literally "no majority for the pity," which is a grammatically incorrect "headline clipping" style rearrangement of "Kein Mitleid für die Mehrheit" or "no pity for the masses.")
• Kraftwerk = power plant
• Massive Töne = massive sounds
• Neu! = new!
• Rammstein = "ramming stone" (literal) or "battering ram" (figurative), refers to the Ramstein airshow disaster. Some translate it as "[stone] hammerhead"
• Silbermond = literally silver moon. A German Popband.
• Virginia Jetzt! = Virginia now!
• Wir sind Helden = we are heroes

2raumwohnung is a German pop duo founded in 2000 in Berlin. ... The Böhse Onkelz (German böse Onkels - evil uncles) were one of Germanys most successful rock groups. ... Look up plural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The heavy metal umlaut, or rock dots, is an umlaut over letters in the name of a heavy metal band, such as Mötley Crüe or Motörhead. ... Deichkind is a Hip-Hop / Electro band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1999. ... DAF is an influential electropunk / Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado-Lopez , guitarist Wolfgang Spelmans and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. ... Die Ärzte (also spelled die ärzte; German for the physicians or the doctors) are a German rock/punk rock band from Berlin. ... Andreas Frege (Campino) Andreas Meurer (Andi) Andreas von Holst (Kuddel) Kuddel and Andi Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. ... For the song of the same name, see Dschinghis Khan (song). ... This article is about the person. ... Einstürzende Neubauten is an experimental music band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. ... Eisbrecher is a German electronic trip-rock band that consists primarily of Alexx Wesselsky (Vocals) and Noel Pix (Lead Guitar/Programming), with live support of Felix Primc (Guitar), Miguel Benhke (Bass), René (Drums), and Maximator (Keyboards/Programming). ... Fettes Brot is a German hip hop group founded in 1992. ... Juli is a German rock/pop band from Gießen, Hesse, consisting of singer Eva Briegel, guitarists Jonas Pfetzing and Simon Triebel, bassist Andreas asdfasdf Herde and drummer Marcel Römer. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group from Düsseldorf that has made immense contributions to the development of improvisational rock and electronic music, most notably within the latter categorys sub-genres which later became known as synthpop, electro, techno, house and IDM. Early musical... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Neu! (the German word for new, pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... For other uses, see Ramstein. ... The Ramstein airshow disaster was one of the worlds worst airshow disasters which took place in front of an audience of 300,000 people on August 28, 1988 in Ramstein, county of Kaiserslautern, Germany, at the US Ramstein Air Base airshow Flugtag 88. ... Silbermond (German for Silver moon) is a German rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. ... Virginia Jetzt! is a German indie pop band founded in the smalltown of Elsterwerda in Brandenburg in 1999 - the quartet is now based in Berlin. ... Wir sind Helden (German for We are heroes) is a German musical band. ...

See also:

• Krautrock: "Kraut (= cabbage) rock". A German-like English name for a variety of German rock music.
• Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW): "New German Wave". A genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music.

Krautrock, also known as Kosmische Musik, is a generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... The German word Kraut is a generic term that is often used in compound nouns for cabbage, cabbage products and many herbs: Sauerkraut = pickled sour cabbage Weißkraut = green cabbage Blaukraut or Rotkraut = red cabbage (also called Rotkohl) Rübenkraut = thick sugar beet syrup Bohnenkraut = Savory Unkraut = Weed The word... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Although German rock music didnt come into its own until the late 1960s, it spawned many innovative and influential bands spanning genres such as krautrock, New Wave, punk, and industrial. ... Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave, often abbreviated NDW) was a genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music in 1976. ... Forms of German music include Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW), krautrock, hamburger schule, volksmusic, German hip hop, Schlager and multiple varieties of folk music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ...

Classical music works

• Johann Sebastian Bach's Das wohltemperierte Klavier: "the well-tempered clavier" and Jesu bleibet meine Freude: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
• Brahms's "Schicksalslied": "song of fate"
• Kreisler's "Liebesleid": "pain of love"
• Kreisler's "Liebesfreud": "joy of love"
• Liszt's Liebesträume: "love dreams" or "dreams of love"
• Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik: "A little night music" (serenade) and Die Zauberflöte: "The Magic Flute" (opera)
• Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder: "Songs on the death of children", sometimes called "songs for dead children"
• Schubert's Winterreise: "winter journey"
• Schumann's Dichterliebe: "poet's love"
• Richard Strauss's Rosenkavalier: "cavalier of the rose" and Also sprach Zarathustra: "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" "Vier letzte Lieder" : "Four last songs"
• Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus: "The Bat", "An der Schönen Blauen Donau" (English: On The Beautiful Blue Danube)
• Richard Wagner's Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung : "The Valkyrie" and "Twilight of the Gods" both from his Opera Cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ("The Ring of the Nibelung")

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Carols and hymns

• Stille Nacht: "Silent Night"
• O Tannenbaum: "O Christmas Tree"

Autograph of the carol by Gruber Silent Night (Stille Nacht) is a traditional and popular Christmas carol. ... O Tannenbaum, or, in its English version, O Christmas Tree is a Christmas carol of German origin. ...

Modern songs

• 99 Luftballons: "99 Balloons" (English title: "99 Red Balloons") by Nena

99 Luftballons is a Cold War-era protest song by the German band Nena. ... Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ...

See also

• Germish (English loanwords in German)
• List of Portuguese words of Germanic origin
• List of Spanish words of Germanic origin
• List of French phrases
• List of Latin words with English derivatives
• List of Latin phrases
• List of Greek phrases
• Wiktionary:Transwiki:List of German words and phrases
• List of French phrases used by English speakers
• Wiktionary:Transwiki:List of Spanish expressions in common English
• Yiddish
• Yinglish
• List of English words of Yiddish origin
• List of English words of Dutch origin
• Jerrycan
• List of pseudo-German words adapted to English

• nl:Lijst van Duitse woorden en uitdrukkingen in de Nederlandse taal

Germanish (in German Denglisch), a portmanteau of the words German and English, also referred to as Denglish, Engleutsch, Germlish, Genglish or Ginglish describes language based on the German grammar that includes a jumble of English and pseudo-English idioms, or vice versa. ... This is a list of Portuguese words that come from Germanic languages. ... This is an initial list of many Spanish words that come from Germanic languages. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of French phrases used by English speakers. ... This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). ... This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. ... List of Greek Phrases/Proverbs (h)a AgeōmetrÄ“tos mÄ“deis eisitō. Let no-one without knowledge of geometry enter. Motto over the entrance to Platos Academy (quoted in Elias commentary on Aristotles Categories). ... Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Yinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English-speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were uncommon in the old country. ... This is a list of English language words of Yiddish language origin, many of which have entered the language by way of American English or Cockney. ... This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. ... A jerrycan or jerrican or jerry can is a robust fuel container made from pressed steel. ...

External links

• Dictionary of Germanisms