Editing German language (section)

==Words borrowed by English==

''See Also [[Category:German loanwords]]''
English has taken many [[loanword]]s from German, often without any change of spelling:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#FFDEAD;"
! German word
! English loanword
! Meaning of German word
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|Abseilen|| [[abseil]] || to descend by rope / to fastrope
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|Angst || [[angst]] || fear
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|Ansatz || [[ansatz]] || onset / entry / math. approach
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|Anschluss || [[anschluss]] || connection / access / annexation
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|Automat || [[automat]] || automation / machine
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|Bildungsroman || [[bildungsroman]] || novel concerned with the personal development or education of the protagonist
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|Blitz || [[The Blitz|Blitz]] || flash / lightning
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|Delikatessen || [[delikatessen]]/delicatessen || delicate / delicious food items
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|Doppelgänger || [[doppelgänger]] || lit. "double going/living person alive", look-alike of somebody
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|Edelweiß || [[edelweiss]] || edelweiss flower
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|Fest || fest || feast / celebration
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|Gedankenexperiment || [[Gedankenexperiment]] || thought experiment
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|Geländesprung || gelandesprung || ski jumping for distance on alpine equipment
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|Gemütlichkeit || [[gemuetlichkeit]] || snug feeling, cosiness, good nature, geniality
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|Gestalt || [[wikt:Gestalt|Gestalt]] || form or shape / creature / scheme; refers to a concept of 'wholeness'
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|Gesundheit! || Gesundheit! (Amer.) || health / bless you! (when someone sneezes)
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|Heiligenschein || [[heiligenschein]] || meteo. "holy shine" / gloriole
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|Hinterland || [[hinterland]] || lit. mil. "area behind the front-line": interior / backwoods
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|kaputt|| [[wikt:kaput|kaput]] || (ethymology unclear, possibly French, Yiddish or Latin) out of order, not working
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|Katzenjammer || [[katzenjammer]] || lit. "cats' lament": hangover, crapulence
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|Kindergarten || [[kindergarten]] || lit. "childrens' garden" - nursery or preschool
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|Kitsch || [[kitsch]] || fake art, something produced exclusively for sale
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|Kraut || [[kraut]] || herb, cabbage in some dialects
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|Leitmotiv || [[leitmotif]] || guiding theme (the verb "leiten" means "to guide, to lead")
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|plündern (v.) || [[Plunder|to plunder]] || lit. "taking goods by force" (original  meaning "to take away furniture" shifted in German  and was borrowed by English both during the [[Thirty Years War]])
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|Poltergeist || [[poltergeist]] || lit. "rumbling ghost" (artificial compound, not originally German)
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|Realpolitik || [[realpolitik]] || diplomacy based on practical objectives rather than ideals
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|Reich || [[reich]] || German and occasionally foreign imperialism
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|Rucksack || [[rucksack]] || backpack (Ruck→"Rücken" which means "human back")
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|Schadenfreude || [[schadenfreude]] || taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune
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|Sprachraum || [[sprachraum]] || lit. "place/area/room of a language": area where a certain language is spoken
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|Übermensch || [[ubermensch]] || superhuman
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|verklemmt || verklemmt || lit. "jammed": inhibited, uptight
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|Waldsterben || [[waldsterben]] || lit. "forest dieback", dying floral environment
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|Wanderlust || [[wanderlust]] || desire, pleasure, or inclination to travel or walk
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|Weltanschauung || [[weltanschauung]] || lit. "perception of the world": ideology
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|Wunderkind || [[wunderkind]] || lit. "wonder child": child prodigy, whiz kid
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|Zeitgeist || [[zeitgeist]] || lit. "spirit of the times": the spirit of the age; the trend at that time
|}