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Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago

What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?

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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?

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Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago

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In English, it is, surprisingly, just “kaput” with a single “t”
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  Probably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct
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  Funny! So we can say “‘kaput’ is(t) kaputt.”

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