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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English? (self.germany)
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[โ€“] Pancito 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it's Berg in the Scandinavian languages, too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

They are germanic languages after all. There are many words you'll find in German and e.g. Norwegian, especially if you overlook slight spelling differences (endings, v or f, s or z,... )