Hi everybody! When Sandra R\u00f6sner asked for some new ideas and needs in her blog post \u201eThink Tank\u201c a couple of days ago, some of you wanted to learn about \u201einternet terms in German\u201c.<\/p>\n
When I first read about this, I thought that this would be hard to answer. Because nearly everything that has to do with computers has English names and is pronounced in English as well. So a browser like \u201eFirefox\u201c for example, is a browser as well in Germany. But there are some German terms as well. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n
Username: der Benutzername<\/strong> But there are also some terms that can be both…But everybody will understand them, whether you say them in English or German. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n Software: das Programm<\/strong> The most common words that definitely remain English are the following:<\/p>\n Internet<\/strong> Well, this was just a quick review. I think you will know more terms that could be mentioned here. Let us know! Just use the comment field to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi everybody! When Sandra R\u00f6sner asked for some new ideas and needs in her blog post \u201eThink Tank\u201c a couple of days ago, some of you wanted to learn about \u201einternet terms in German\u201c. When I first read about this, I thought that this would be hard to answer. Because nearly everything that has to…<\/p>\n
\n Password: das Passwort<\/strong>
\n Operating system: das Betriebssystem<\/strong>
\n Search engine: die Suchmaschine<\/strong>
\n Menu: die Navigation<\/strong>
\n Screensaver: der Bildschirmschoner<\/strong>
\n Comment: der Kommentar<\/strong>
\n Form: das Formular<\/strong>
\n Submit: absenden<\/strong>
\n Shopping cart: der Warenkorb<\/strong>
\n Database: die Datenbank<\/strong>
\n Bulletin Board: das Forum<\/strong>
\n Imprint: das Impressum<\/strong>
\n to click: klicken<\/strong>
\n Mouse: die Maus<\/strong>
\n Display: der Bildschirm<\/strong>
\n Keyboard: die Tastatur<\/strong>
\n Settings: die Einstellungen<\/strong>
\n Mouse wheel: das Mausrad<\/strong>
\n Page: die Seite<\/strong>
\n To load: laden<\/strong>
\n To reload: neu laden<\/strong>
\n Not available: Nicht verf\u00fcgbar<\/strong>
\n File not found: Die Datei wurde nicht gefunden<\/strong>
\n SEO (Search Engine Optimizing): die Suchmaschinenoptimierung<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Bookmark: das Lesezeichen<\/strong>
\n Website: Internetseite<\/strong>
\n Link: der Verweis<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Browser<\/strong>
\n Blog<\/strong>
\n Social Media<\/strong>
\n URL (might be translated as \u201eInternetadresse\u201c)<\/strong>
\n Download<\/strong>
\n Online Shop<\/strong>
\n Login<\/strong>
\n Server<\/strong>
\n Client<\/strong>
\n Email<\/strong>
\n Community<\/strong>
\n FTP (File Transfer Protocoll)<\/strong>
\n Webdesign<\/strong>
\n Touchscreen<\/strong>
\n Webcam<\/strong>
\n to surf (the Internet)<\/strong>
\n @ (at)<\/strong>
\n HTML<\/strong>
\n Tag<\/strong>
\n Referrer<\/strong><\/p>\n