linguaholic Posted July 30, 2013 Report Posted July 30, 2013 I would like to share with you the most popular words in German (Germany) starting at year 1995 up to 2012:This is the official list as stated on duden.de1995 Multimedia1996 Sparpaket1997 Reform-Stau1998 Rot-Grün1999 Millenium2000 Schwarzgeldaffäre2001 Der 11. September2002 Teuro2003 Das alte Europa2004 Hartz IV2005 Bundeskanzlerin2006 Fanmeile2007 Klimakatastrophe2008 Finanzkrise2009 Abwrackprämie2010 Wutbürger2011 Stresstest2012 RettungsroutineThe word of the year for 2013 has yet to be published :grin: Any speculations??? :=) Quote
Jellyfish Posted September 11, 2013 Report Posted September 11, 2013 You see that the Word of the year is really something made by politicians. Quote
SpiralArchitect Posted September 11, 2013 Report Posted September 11, 2013 I was pretty sure schadenfreude would have taken it one of those years. :grin: Quote
Jellyfish Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Why did you think that? Was there something I missed? Quote
SpiralArchitect Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Why did you think that? Was there something I missed?Its one of the more common German words in English, what with there being no direct word for it in the language.Also, it's getting used more and more in the world, for the past 3-4 years. I've seen people use it here in India quite frequently. Quote
Jellyfish Posted September 12, 2013 Report Posted September 12, 2013 Really? I also noticed there is a broad use of German words in the manga and anime culture. As a teen I also was never aware of the English language containing so many German words. Quote
evapfromm Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 I like 2010's word... "Wutbürger." I can see how a word that literally translates into "Angry Burger" could confuse someone trying to learn German. Quote
linguaholic Posted October 5, 2013 Author Report Posted October 5, 2013 Hey EvapfrommIt does not really translate into "Angry Burger" as Bürger is not Burger :=) but it's kinda close I have to admit :grin: Quote
Jellyfish Posted October 5, 2013 Report Posted October 5, 2013 Angry Burger sounds more like Rinderwahn. Quote
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