English Words Of German Origin

K Tsuchiya . (Japan)
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  1. Der Fuhrer
    German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
  2. Faust
    an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
  3. Frau
    a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
  4. Luftwaffe
    the German airforce
  5. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  6. U-boat
    a German submarine used during World War I and World War II
  7. Ubermensch
    a person with great powers and abilities
  8. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  9. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
  10. blitzkrieg
    a military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
  11. 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
  12. delicatessen
    a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
  13. doppelganger
    a person who is almost identical to another
  14. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  15. kernel
    a single whole grain of a cereal
  16. kindergarten
    a preschool for children to prepare them for primary school
  17. kitsch
    excessively gaudy or sentimental art
  18. lebensraum
    new territory thought to be necessary for a nation
  19. leitmotiv
    a recurring melody in a piece of music
  20. lumpenproletariat
    (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
  21. panzer
    an armored vehicle or tank
  22. poltergeist
    a ghost that creates disorder and noise
  23. sauerkraut
    shredded cabbage fermented in brine
  24. verboten
    forbidden or prohibited
Created on Tue May 10 08:55:36 EDT 2011 (updated Sat May 14 07:57:16 EDT 2011)

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