Tag Archives: interest-loanwords

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   English Could Really Use These 15 Wunderbar German Words

   German can be daunting to English speakers, with its mile-long mouthfuls like Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaft (“a legal protection insurance company”). But it’s easy to forget that English is a Germanic language. Historically, the two languages are closely related in core vocabulary (compare English arm and German der Arm), sound system, and structure (if we look at Old English grammar). What’s more, many familiar English words, from angst …

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   Schadenfreude And 10 Other German Words So Good English Just Had to Borrow Them

   Both English and German are Germanic languages. Maybe that explains why we find the German language to be so wunderbar! English has borrowed quite a few words from the choice land of Deutschland, and there is a good reason for it. In German, a speaker can put two unrelated words next to each other and create a novel compound word, so you don’t have to …

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   New Words Drop! Get The First Look At Our Fall 2023 Collection Of Dictionary Additions

   Information pollution, jawn, decision fatigue, jolabokaflod, grandfamily, NIL, algo, amalgagender. Unbox the new terms and meanings just added to Dictionary.com. by Nick Norlen, Senior Editor, and Grant Barrett, Head of Lexicography Our fall new words drop is here!  The words don’t stop coming, so we’re updating the dictionary more frequently than ever. And not just with any words: this update includes an incredibly useful concentration …

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   The Korean Wave: The Korean Words Entering English
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   12 Japanese Loanwords That Rode The Wave Straight Into English
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   “Ketchup” And Other Words From Mandarin And Cantonese

   Think you only speak English? Think again. While you may not be fluent or able to write in another language, the fact is that English consists largely of words we’ve borrowed from other languages. In fact, about 80 percent of the English language is made up of these loanwords.   It’s amazing really to think of how many languages you speak on a daily basis without …