German Words in English
Terms
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- Achtung
- Attention!
- Angst
- dread
- Anschluss
- union
- Bildungsroman
- a type of novel concerned witht the education, developement and maturing of a young protagonist
- Blitzkrieg
- an all-out, overwhelming attack
- Daschund
- Weiner dogs
- Doppelganger
- a ghostly oduble or counterpart of a living person
- Dummkopf
- block head, stupid person
- Ersatz
- servign as a substitute, artificial, synthetic
- Fahrenheit
- degrees
- Flak
- antiaircraft fire
- Frau
- married woman
- Fraulein
- an unmarried woman
- Fuhrer
- Leader
- Gestapo
- secret state police
- Gesundheit
- interjection used to wish good health
- Glockenspiel
- a musical instrument
- Kaffeeklatsch
- a social gathering for informal conversation at wich coffee is served
- Kaiser
- German Emperor
- Kaput
- ruined; demolished
- Katzenjammer
- hangover
- Kindergarten
- school for kids age 4-6
- Kitsch
- something of a tawdry design
- Kuchen
- coffeecake
- Lederhosen
- leather shorts
- Leitmotif
- motif associated throughout a music drama
- Luftwaffe
- German Airforce
- Panzer
- armored unit
- Poltergeist
- a ghost orspirit that makes noises, knocking, etc.
- Putsch
- plotted revolt
- Rathskeller
- Beer garden or resturant
- Rucksack
- backpack
- Sauerbraten
- a pot of roast beef
- Schadenfreude
- satisfaction felt at someone else's misfortune
- Schmaltz
- exaggerated sentimentalism
- Schnitzel
- a [veal] cutlet
- Spritzer
- a tall drink made with chilled wine and soda
- SS
- an elite military unit of the Nazi party
- Strudel
- a pastry
- Sturm und drang
- a style or movement of german literature (impetuous manner)
- U-Boot
- submarine
- Ubermensch
- superman
- Verboten
- prohibited
- Wanderlust
- strong, innate desire to rove about
- Weltanschauung
- comprehensive conception of the universe and humanities relationship to it
- Weltschmerz
- sorrwo "world pain"
- Wunderkind
- wonder child
- Zaftig
- woman with pleasantly plum figure
- Zeitgeist
- spirit of the time