The time did come again. The German \u201cUnwort des Jahres\u201d (non-word of the year) has been chosen in Darmstadt again. The \u201cUnwort\u201d-jury, whose chairperson is linguist Nina Janich, received 1340 entries with 746 different words. The first place term 2013 is \u201cSozialtourismus\u201d (social tourism) as the jury informed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Politicians and the media used the word \u201cSozialtourismus\u201d in order to refer to unwanted immigrants \u2013 especially from Eastern Europe \u2013 who come to Germany with the prospect of a better future life and who are, at the same time, said to be just interested in pocketing social welfare.<\/p>\n
Chairperson Janich explains: \u201cThe root \u2018tourism\u2019 suggests a travel activity for pleasure and recreation.\u201d But those who are affected suffer hardship in their homeland. Thus Janich further expounds, the term \u201cdiscriminates people who are searching for a better future in Germany. Additionally, the term obfuscates the fact that these people have principally the right to immigrate to other European countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In 1991, the \u201cUnwort des Jahres\u201d was initiated by Horst Dieter Schlosser who still represents the initiative. Until 1994 the \u201cUnwort\u201d had been chosen within the framework of the Gesellschaft f\u00fcr deutsche Sprache (GfdS) \u2013 the association for German language. After a conflict with the board of the GfdS, the initiative \u201cUnwort des Jahres\u201d became independent.<\/p>\n
The aim of Schlosser and his colleagues is to raise peoples\u2019 awareness of language and make them more conscious of it. The jury consists of four linguists who are permanent members and two co-opting members from the media who change annually.<\/p>\n
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Every German citizen can hand in suggestions with the respective indication of source. The suggestions must receive the initiative by December 31st<\/sup> of the corresponding year. In the first half of January in the upcoming year the jury chooses one of the nominations on the basis of extensive discussions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In order to become an \u201cUnwort des Jahres\u201d words or wordings have to meet one of the following criteria.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here <\/a>you can find all the twenty-two other un-words of the years 1991 to 2012.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The time did come again. The German \u201cUnwort des Jahres\u201d (non-word of the year) has been chosen in Darmstadt again. The \u201cUnwort\u201d-jury, whose chairperson is linguist Nina Janich, received 1340 entries with 746 different words. The first place term 2013 is \u201cSozialtourismus\u201d (social tourism) as the jury informed on Tuesday. Why did the jury…<\/p>\nWhat makes a word \u201cunw\u00f6rtlich\u201d (\u201cnon-wordy\u201d)?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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