Denglisch: When Languages Collide
Wednesday January 9, 2008
When German and English collide you get Denglisch (Denglish) or Neudeutsch, the strange mixture of German and English used in German and sometimes by English-speaking expats in Germany. Learn more about Denglisch, its various uses and several definitions. Includes the annotated Denglisch Dictionary, to which we recently added six new S-words, including der Shootingstar (which does not mean "shooting star" in German!).
Vocabulary: English-German Glossaries for many topics
Wort des Tages: German Word of the Day - Advanced or beginner
Comments
This seems wrong to me. Everyone in Germany calls it Germenglish. It developed initially via advertising and marketing speak thus you end up with things like ‘Ich habe Sie Ge-emailed’. Many Germans find some English ( and Particularly American English) cool which then led to the boom in using English words with a German article attribution e.g die Business Class.
Germenglish??? This is the first time i hear that word in my entire life. I don´t know anyone who uses this word :/
From today’s Darmstädter Echo: der Training, der Trainingsort, das Polizeitrainingslager, die Trainingsstätte.
*sigh*
Spotted in today’s (10. Januar 2008) Darmstädter Echo: der Training and many uses of it in compound nouns (e.g., der Trainingsort).