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  1. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
  2. autobahn
    an expressway in a German-speaking country
  3. blitzkrieg
    a military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
  4. bratwurst
    a small pork sausage
  5. dachshund
    small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
  6. doppelganger
    a person who is almost identical to another
  7. edelweiss
    alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
  8. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  9. frankfurter
    a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork
  10. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  11. hinterland
    a remote and undeveloped area
  12. Kaiser
    the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918
  13. kaput
    destroyed or completely broken
  14. kibitz
    make unwanted and intrusive comments
  15. kindergarten
    a preschool for children to prepare them for primary school
  16. kitsch
    excessively gaudy or sentimental art
  17. kohlrabi
    plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
  18. lager
    a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast
  19. langlaufer
    a cross-country skier
  20. liverwurst
    sausage containing ground liver
  21. muesli
    mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
  22. nosh
    a snack or light meal
  23. poltergeist
    a ghost that creates disorder and noise
  24. pretzel
    glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
  25. pumpernickel
    a dense, dark bread made from whole-grain rye flour
  26. sauerbraten
    pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings
  27. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  28. schnitzel
    deep-fried breaded veal cutlets
  29. umlaut
    a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German
  30. verboten
    forbidden or prohibited
  31. waltz
    music composed in triple time
  32. wanderlust
    very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
  33. wedel
    ski, alternating directions
  34. wienerwurst
    a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
  35. zwieback
    slice of sweet bread baked again until it is hard and crisp
Created on Tue Jun 22 12:27:13 EDT 2010 (updated Tue Jun 22 12:41:39 EDT 2010)

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