{"id":13018,"date":"2021-05-21T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=13018"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:18:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:18:37","slug":"curious-german-words-kommilitone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/curious-german-words-kommilitone\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious German Words: Kommilitone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like any other language, German has some odd words. But also beautiful ones. In Curious German Words<\/a>, we take a look at some odd words and their origins. Today, let’s take a look at a German word that might remind you of your time in school or college, a memory to your fellow students – your\u00a0Kommilitonen<\/em>. Your what?!<\/p>\n

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Photo by Priscilla Du Preez<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Der Kommilitone <\/strong>(male classmate, fellow student) or die Kommilitonin\u00a0<\/strong>(female classmate, fellow student) is an odd German word. Many German words are quite descriptive, reading them often tells you immediately what the word means or does. But not so with\u00a0Kommilitone<\/em>. My entire school life was across the border, in the Netherlands, so I never even came across the word until I was in my late teens. And I was taken aback. How can such a fancy word be used regularly by people to refer to… a fellow student?<\/p>\n

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