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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English? (self.germany)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kaputt*

[–] nodimetotie 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In English, it is, surprisingly, just "kaput" with a single "t"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Probably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Funny! So we can say "'kaput' is(t) kaputt."