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In The News: "Abwrackprämie Named Word of the Year"

Dec 26, 2009 09:05

'Abwrackprämie' Named Word of the Year

The GERMAN WORDS OF THE YEAR are:

1. Abwrackprämie - "wrecking premium"
2. kriegsähnliche Zustände - "war-like conditions"
3. Schweinegrippe - "swine flu"
4. Bad Bank - "schlechte Bank" in German
5. Weltklimagipfel - "world climate conference"
6. Deutschland ist Europameisterin - "Germany is the [feminine] ( Read more... )

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Comments 6

breakingthrunow December 26 2009, 17:10:03 UTC

Und noch ein aehnlicher Artikel auf Deutsch ( ... )

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breakingthrunow December 31 2009, 13:58:41 UTC

You're welcome!

mw_europe December 27 2009, 14:23:06 UTC

Thanks - very interesting!

breakingthrunow December 31 2009, 13:56:59 UTC

Thanks for pointing it out. :)

weiantheman December 27 2009, 15:23:48 UTC

awesome!

and just for kicks, my favourite German word is Pünktlichkeit. sounds really sexy.

breakingthrunow December 31 2009, 13:58:19 UTC

LOL! We had a "favorites" post some time ago, maybe it's time for another one.