50 English words that got Germanized (with Dana from Wanted Adventure 😃)

Hello everyone! As you know, there are some foreign words in German that come from other languages originally came from and were then Germanized. Recently We've already made a video about this one with French words, that one Look here. And today we specifically drove all the way to Munich to see Dana. meet, because we want to find out which English words Are there any in the German language, and how have they been Germanized or adapted? Words. Some words are still completely... they are pronounced and written as in the original English and some words are heavily Germanized Let's see now how the words look today. Dana, are you ready? I'm ready. I haven't seen the list yet. I'm looking forward to it. so very much. The Add-on. The Add-on. The Adapter. The Adapter. So, the Adapter. Good to know. Yes, because in English, words don't have gender, so no gender at all. we naturally then have to come up with something, which usually works, because it Yes, there are a few rules, but sometimes there are also words that have Then simply several, for example the notebook and that sort of thing. The email. The Account. The Account. To check. We also say "checken" in German, but I I have another variant to check here. Sometimes there really are words that are Germanized and receive an additional German prefix beforehand. The next Both are very similar. To dance. To lose. Oh, to lose. Yes, to lose. And in German, one can also say abandon and replace, and then by that one means, for example, that one, yes, dancing is normal, for that we use the German word, but abdancing is when you Completely crazy dancing. Exactly, that's what you say when Dana just totally lost it dancing. German. But that's just how I dance normally. It's just normal. Or if someone has lost a game or a team performs really poorly Played, you could say they completely shut down. Okay, okay. To power out. Power out? Does that exist in English? No. So, you can turn off your computer, you can power down your computer, but I don't know power out. And in German, you can say "sich auspowern." This means spending so much energy on something, for example during sports, that you then have no energy left. I'm completely drained today. That's also an interesting aspect—that by adopting words from other languages, you can create new words. What's sometimes difficult for me is when Germans use certain words—I often don't understand them, because I don't think, oh, suddenly it's "brunch." So I say, what did you just say? You have to translate it back, so to speak. How would that sound in American English? The bunker. The bunker. The bestseller. The bestseller. The currywurst. The currywurst is actually not called currywurst at all, but just "curry." I can't even pronounce that properly in English. Cheating. Yes, cheating. And the next one? In fact, there are many verbs we've adopted, and they're simply formed with an "en" at the end. Cheaten, dissen. And then conjugated in German. I cheate, you cheatest, he cheatet. Now, okay, in this case, does cheating mean everything or only with a partner? Like, when you're playing a game. That's cheating. Cheating refers to a partner, and cheating in a game is usually, yes. Interesting. There is no word for that in German. Okay. Cheating is just what you do in a game, whereas cheating on a partner only happens within a relationship. The drop-down menu. The drop-down menu. That's great. That's so great. The email. The email. I've also noticed that many Germans simply say "Mail" instead of "e-mail." So I sent you a mail, and then I asked about the post. Yes, exactly. That will take a while. I sent you an email. Yes, exactly. Oh my gosh. The epic fail. The epic fail. I think this is only very recent, so it's not yet properly established. But it was already listed in the Wikipedia list of German Anglicisms. You can actually say what a complete epic fail that was. The fitness studio. The fitness center. And I'm not sure whether it's actually called "fitness studio" in English. Also maybe in Britain, I don't know. But in the U.S., it's a gym. Yes, that's right. The grill. The grill. The grill party in German, but in English it's a cookout. Or a barbecue, but Germans say... The barbecue party. Exactly. The hacker. What is this? The hacker. Oh, like a computer hacker. Yes, exactly. Yeah, the hacker. The hacker. Ah, the hamburger. The Hamburguer. That really sounds like someone from Hamburg. Yes, it's also that the person from Hamburg is called Hamburger, and that's it. Hamburgers are also called sausages. The internet. The Internet. Inside information or insider knowledge. Insider Yes, exactly. There is also insider knowledge in German. There are some words that are then mixed in English-German and form a new compound. with a hyphen in between. The insider knowledge, the insider information, and then it becomes difficult, because one must Sometimes say the first word in English and the second word in German. To interview. Interviews. To jam. Damn. Janusz always does this with his guitar. The kidnapper. The Kidnapper. The makeup. The makeup. The national park. The National Park. NASA NASA. Yes, and I would never say The NASA. I can't say NASA. It's just, it's in your... NASA NATO NATO That's interesting, because all these international organizations are indeed everything English acronyms of English words, but we still pronounce them in German from Also NASA, NATO, UN. The paddle. The paddle. Like table tennis? No, to rowing. Ah, okay. The party. The party. Exactly that. Abdominal, right? We're dancing at the party. The prepaid, the... Yes, he is difficult. Prepaid cell phone The prepaid mobile phone. "Handy" is one of those pseudo-anglicisms that we think is an English word. But it isn't at all. The pullover. The sweater. But you don't use it in... No, not in the USA. But in England. Yes, exactly. In the U.S., we say "sweater." Like to sweat. Sweater Yes, I find that a strange word, because why... Yes, exactly. I'm not wearing the clothes to sweat in them. Yes, that is actually quite disgusting. Okay, exactly. The puzzle. The puzzle. Oh, that's so beautiful. That's very sweet. To post. Post office The radar. The radar. To relax. Relax. The record. The record. And this is how it is with music? Um, no. No. That would then be a record or a disc. And the record is when you do something particularly good. Oh, okay. Nor any documents or anything like that either. No, this is a recording. And that is also interesting when a word, an English word, used only for one meaning in German and not for the other meaning. And this happens quite often, because English words are always adopted precisely when when there is no precise word for it in German. And that means sometimes it can happen that a word has many meanings. and in Germany, then, but only exactly one, because exactly that one word is missing. Yes, interesting. Rock music. Rock music. To scroll. Scrolling. To shop. Shop. And that doesn't mean shopping, does it? Shopping is for clothes. Yes, exactly. So everything except food. Then let's go shopping. The sport. The sport. No, we usually say "the sport." I'm just making a joke about Stefan because he... Sports. The steak. The steak. And some people also say the steak. The steak. The spray. The spray. To get a tattoo. Tattooing. That's interesting; even the spelling has been adjusted here. With a tattoo. The tourist. The Tourist. The trend. The trend. To Twitter, or to tweet. To tweet, yes. In English, we say "to tweet." Okay. We say both, yes. Okay. Ah, oh no, oh no, oh no. I've become a bit Germanized. I don't know right now how that is actually in English. Also I know it's not the USB stick. Yes. But I don't know, I think maybe just USB. Yes, or a flash drive or something like that. Flash drive, yes. But I actually somehow took about two years until I somehow figured it out. That... I was always at various international conferences or the like, and I'd always ask, like, Yes, do you have a USB stick? And all of you, hey? What on earth is this supposed to be? Yes. And I thought, of course, stick, USB—that's obviously an English word. Yes. Yes, it is not. I have no idea. Sorry. Ah, okay, also in the U.S. I always said WiFi for it. Yes, WiFi. And in German, we use WLAN. And we think it's also an English word, but when you then go to the USA and say here, Do you have VLAN or WLAN? You won't get far like that. Was? Yes. Like a zombie. The zombie. Zombies Beautiful German word. Zombie Thus, one can see that there are different pronunciations in German. And my understanding is that there were different English words in different decades, have come into the German language. The better the people spoke English back then, the more likely they were to become assimilated or not. And I believe that nowadays, most young people who are growing up now use They learned English well at school. They simply adopt the English spelling and pronunciation then. But the older words that were somehow naturalized into German around 100 or 50 years ago, They were actually pronounced in German as well. Just like national park or tattooing. So, for example. And there are still things like pseudo-anglicisms. That is still an interesting word. You've researched that topic before, haven't you? Yes, exactly. The HWS. And you even wrote a chapter about it in your book. Yes, exactly. Show me. Yes, I find that particularly interesting. There are some words in German that sound English. And we think they come from English. But they don't exist in English at all. And then we think, yes, cool, trendy word from the USA. Exactly. HWS is... And now you have a little quiz for me. You happen to have an entire chapter in... Dana has in her book... You see, it's therefore about language, German-English. And there you have it, you wrote about it, after all. The book is in German, but this part here is in English. Okay, let's just see. The Flipper? I know handy and classic cars. Those are the classic examples. But there's no equivalent for Showmaster in English? No. What are those people called? MC. Host and MC Yes. That was our video about English loanwords in German. Before you write again now, the language is changing too quickly and the Germans should use only German words, It's simply like that; language is always in flux. And that is the interesting part. And we can only observe it and take part in it. And I always find that quite interesting, to see these discussions then. I'm looking forward to your comments this time, whatever you have to say about it. What words are there, for example, in your languages? Every language is in motion. And I believe it's important to know that, that one can never keep a language entirely free from external influences. After all, all languages came into existence at some point in time. and have changed. Thank you, Dana, for being there. Thank you so much. It was so much fun. If you feel like learning more about the German language, Then check out Dana's book. Then you can soon dance off with the newly acquired knowledge. Yes, exactly. I'm glad you were there or that we were able to be your guests today. Thank you. Thank you for watching. And you can also become a member of Easy German. That works here. You can subscribe to Dana's channel. That works here too. And we'll see each other again next week. Hello.