German adds 5,000 new words, bookshelves need more lebensraum.

Started by Viking, July 23, 2009, 01:38:22 AM

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Viking

July 23, 2009, 01:38:22 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8163541.stm

QuoteGerman language adds 5,000 words

Around 5,000 new words have been officially added to the German language - many of them from the English-speaking world.

The newcomers appear in the latest edition of the respected German dictionary, Duden.

Germans can now go to "eine After-Show-Party", as long as it is not "eine No-Go Area", and meet "das It Girl" - if she does not have "der Babyblues".

Fans of social networking can also "twittern", which means to Twitter.

The financial crisis has inspired many of the new entries in the 135,000-word dictionary.

'Kreditklemme'

Appearing for the first time are "Kreditklemme" (credit crunch), "Konjunkturpaket" (stimulus package) and "Abwrackpraemie" (car scrappage bonus).

The word "Ehrenmord" (honour killing) also makes it into the dictionary, which was published on Wednesday.

The German language is known for its extremely long compound nouns.

And the new edition includes a 23-letter example: "Vorratsdatenspeicherung", which means telecommunications data retention.

The first Duden dictionary was produced in 1880 and consisted of just 27,000 words.


What has always really baffled me is that in German the word "girl" is neuter.
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Razgovory

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July 23, 2009, 02:15:26 AM
So that's why all German porn involves anal.
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Jaron

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July 23, 2009, 02:36:11 AM
A mohr with an Aryan frau ? No wonder these books were burned.
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July 23, 2009, 02:51:52 AM
QuoteGermans can now go to "eine After-Show-Party", as long as it is not "eine No-Go Area", and meet "das It Girl" - if she does not have "der Babyblues".

Fans of social networking can also "twittern", which means to Twitter.

:bleeding:
German deserves to go extinct.
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July 23, 2009, 03:38:00 AM
Germany failed utterly already with "Handy". That's a fucking atrocious word.
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July 23, 2009, 08:56:10 AM
if they don't have enough shelves, just stack the books in the polish corridor.
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Razgovory

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July 23, 2009, 02:38:27 PM
Germans should just learn English and use that as their national language.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#7
July 23, 2009, 02:40:13 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2009, 03:38:00 AM
Germany failed utterly already with "Handy". That's a fucking atrocious word.

Das Handy. :wub:
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July 23, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
Reading this thread gave me ...

der babyblues :weep:
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Zanza

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July 24, 2009, 12:28:52 AM
Heh, BBC fixed the translation error they had in the article earlier.

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July 24, 2009, 08:43:08 AM
Quote from: Armyknife on July 23, 2009, 10:16:30 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on July 23, 2009, 08:56:10 AM
if they don't have enough shelves, just stack the books in the polish corridor.

Only room for one slim volume at a time in that dark place.

I am citing a panzer pranks scenario: what if they open the french doors?

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