{"id":11294,"date":"2019-12-11T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11294"},"modified":"2019-12-05T10:34:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T10:34:19","slug":"german-word-of-the-year-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-word-of-the-year-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"German Word of the Year 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! Today we will look at the Wort des Jahres<\/strong> in Germany. Each year, the Gesellschaft f\u00fcr deutsche Sprache (GfdS)<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 The German Language Association \u2013 picks a word as their Wort des Jahres <\/strong>– \u2018Word of the Year\u2019. This is often a word related to a prominent topic in the country during the year, and is usually interesting from a linguistic perspective, too. The Word of the Year has nothing to do with how often the word has been used, but is more about the word\u2019s significance. What\u2019s great about learning the German Word of the Year is that it gives us an insight into Germany\u2019s current events, politics and culture, whilst teaching us some quirks of the language, too. So without further ado, let\u2019s take a look at the Wort des Jahres 2019<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

The Wort des Jahres 2019 is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Respektrente<\/h2>\n

This literally translates to \u2018respect pension\u2019 (der Respekt + die Rente<\/strong>). There has been great debate in Germany this year over new laws that are set to change the German pension, ultimately leaving Rentner <\/strong>and Rentnerinnen <\/strong>(pensioners) at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n

Those against the proposed changes have deemed them disrespectful to those who have worked hard their entire lives and deserve to enjoy their retirement properly. The term \u2018Respektrente\u2019<\/strong> came about because they believe people deserve a retirement pension that respects a life of hard work.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t be confused by the word die Rente<\/strong> (pension). This word could be deemed a false friend, because on first glance you\u2019d assume it\u2019s the German word for rent, <\/em>which is in fact die Miete.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The runners-up for the Wort des Jahres 2019 are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rollerchaos<\/strong> \u2013 \u2018Scooter chaos\u2019<\/p>\n

Fridays for Future<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schaul\u00e4stige <\/strong>\u2013 combination of Schaulustige (onlookers) and l\u00e4stig (annoying)<\/p>\n

Donut-Effekt <\/strong>– \u2018Donut-effect\u2019<\/p>\n

brexitm\u00fcde <\/strong>– \u2018Brexit tired\u2019<\/p>\n

gegengoogeln <\/strong>– \u2018Google against\u2019 (to check something on Google)<\/p>\n

Bienensterben <\/strong>– \u2018bee death\u2019<\/p>\n

Oligarchennichte <\/strong>– \u2018Oligarchen niece\u2019<\/p>\n

Geordnete-R\u00fcckkehr-Gesetz<\/strong> – \u2018Orderly return law\u2019<\/p>\n

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I will go into more depth on the runners-up in a separate post!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Guten Tag! Today we will look at the Wort des Jahres in Germany. Each year, the Gesellschaft f\u00fcr deutsche Sprache (GfdS) \u2013 The German Language Association \u2013 picks a word as their Wort des Jahres – \u2018Word of the Year\u2019. This is often a word related to a prominent topic in the country during the…<\/p>\n

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