'anti-aircraft gun' ( FLieger Abwehr Kanone) - used in English more like das Flakfeuer(flak fire) for heavy criticism ('He's taking a lot of flak.') 'celebration' - as in 'film fest' or 'beer fest' 'driving pleasure' - word made famous by a VW ad campaign

The Fahrenheit temperature scale is named for its German inventor, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), who invented the alcohol thermometer in 1709. 'dirt, filth' - in English, trash, rubbish (from Yiddish/German)Ī small flowering Alpine plant ( Leontopodium alpinum), literally 'noble white'Ī replacement or substitute, usually implying inferiority to the original, such as 'ersatz coffee' 'double goer' - a ghostly double, look-alike, or clone of a personĪpparent change in the frequency of light or sound waves, caused by rapid movement named for the Austrian physicist who discovered the effect The diesel engine is named for its German inventor, Rudolf Diesel(1858-1913).ĭirndl is a southern German dialect word for 'girl.' A dirndl (DIRN-del) is a traditional woman's dress still worn in Bavaria and Austria.ĭog breed named for the German Friedrich Louis Dobermann (1834-1894) the Pinscher breed has several variations, including the Dobermann, although technically the Dobermann is not a true pinscher Prepared cooked meats, relishes, cheeses, etc. To demagnetize, neutralize a magnetic field the 'gauss' is a unit of measurement of magnetic induction (symbol G or Gs, replaced by the Tesla), named for German mathematician and astronomer Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). 'mad cow disease' or BSE is a variant of CJD, a brain disease named for the German neurologists Hans Gerhardt Creutzfeldt (1883-1964) and Alfons Maria Jakob (1884-1931)ĭachshund, a dog ( der Hund) originally trained to hunt badger ( der Dachs) the 'wiener dog' nickname comes from its hot-dog shape (see 'wiener') The leader of the first violin section of an orchestra, who often also serves as assistant conductor Grilled or fried sausage made of spiced pork or vealĪ friendly get-together over coffee and cake 'lightning war' - a rapid-strike war Hitler's attack on England in WWII 'lightning' - a sudden, overwhelming attack a charge in football the Nazi attack on England in WWII (see below) 'formation novel' - a novel that focuses on the maturation of, and the intellectual, psychological, or spiritual development of the main character 'freeway' - The German Autobahn has almost mythical status.Ī (New York City) restaurant that dispenses food from coin-operated compartments (1988): Beobachtungen zum Aufeis-Phänomen im subarktisch-ozeanischen Island. Literally, 'on-ice' or 'ice on top' (Arctic geology). 'annexation' - specifically, the 1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany (the Anschluss)Ī type of pastry made with thin layers of dough, rolled up with a fruit filling from the German for 'swirl' or 'whirlpool'Īspirin (acetylsalicyclic acid) was invented by the German chemist Felix Hoffmann working for Bayer AG in 1899. 'fear' - in English, a neurotic feeling of anxiety and depression A reddish glow seen on the mountain tops around sunrise or sunsetīrain disease named for the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), who first identified it in 1906

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