English Words of German Origin

English Words of German Origin

• Angst: An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
• Blitz: Attack suddenly and without warning
• Delicatessen: Ready-to-eat food products
• Doppelganger: A ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
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• Flak: Intense adverse criticism
• Gestalt: A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
• Hinterland: A remote and undeveloped area

• Kitsch: Excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
• Leitmotiv: A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
• Nazi: A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
• Poltergeist: A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
• Putsch: A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
• Realpolitik: Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
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• Schadenfreude: Delight in another person's misfortune
• Zeitgeist: The spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation