{"id":8606,"date":"2017-08-09T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=8606"},"modified":"2017-08-09T13:48:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:48:13","slug":"5000-new-german-words-added-to-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/5000-new-german-words-added-to-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"5000 New German Words Added To Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have seen articles floating around the past couple of days about how 5,000 new German words have been added to Duden. But what is Duden? And what are the words? Duden<\/strong><\/a> is\u00a0a dictionary\u00a0of the German language. It was first published by Konrad Duden (hence the name) in 1880, and has just released its 27th<\/sup> edition. It is published in 12 volumes which cover different aspects of German language \u2013 these volumes include Die Deutsche Rechtschreibung<\/em> – The German Spelling Dictionary, Die Grammatik<\/em> \u2013 Grammar, and Das Synonymw\u00f6<\/span><\/em>rterbuch<\/em> \u2013 Synonym Dictionary. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Duden. Photo by bidok Leicht Lesen on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

Duden has just added 5,000 new German words to its dictionary. <\/span>Words are added based on how frequently they are used in the German language, so\u00a0 each time it gets updated it\u00a0gives a great insight into contemporary German <\/span>culture and language.<\/span> Let\u2019s take a look at some of these <\/span>new words!<\/span><\/p>\n

A lot of the new German words are <\/span>actually <\/span>English (or Denglish<\/a>). <\/span><\/h2>\n

A few new verbs:<\/span><\/p>\n

f<\/span><\/strong>acebooken<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>to facebook<\/span><\/p>\n

taggen<\/strong> \u2013 to tag<\/span><\/p>\n

liken<\/strong> \u2013 to like (not to be confused with the English word meaning \u2018to compare to\u2019)<\/span><\/p>\n

tindern<\/strong> \u2013 taken from the website name Tinder, the verb \u2018tindern\u2019 is now a general term meaning <\/span>\u2018to online date\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a<\/span> few new nouns that have made it into Duden. <\/span>They don\u2019t need a translation because they are all \u2026 English.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Emoji<\/span><\/p>\n

Darknet<\/span><\/p>\n

Tablet<\/span><\/p>\n

Selfie<\/span><\/p>\n

Hashtag <\/span><\/p>\n

So are<\/span> any of these new German words actually German<\/em>? <\/span>Yes \u2013 here are some of them<\/span>:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Das Schm\u00e4<\/span><\/strong>hgedicht<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>a <\/span>blasphemous or offensive poem<\/span><\/p>\n

Der <\/span><\/strong>Cyberkrieg<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>cyber (online) war<\/span><\/p>\n

D<\/span>ie<\/span> Wutb<\/span>\u00fc<\/span>rger<\/span>in<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>An angry female citizen. Its male counterpart, der <\/span>Wutb<\/span>\u00fc<\/span>rger, <\/span>was already added<\/span><\/p>\n

postfaktisch<\/strong> – \u2018<\/span>post-truth\u2019, referring to political campaigns that appealed to people\u2019s emotions rather than to the facts<\/span><\/p>\n

Die Hasskriminalit<\/span>\u00e4<\/span><\/strong>t<\/strong> \u2013 Hate crime<\/span><\/p>\n

das Kopfkino<\/strong> – ‘Head cinema’ (daydream)<\/p>\n

Der Kopftuchstreit<\/strong> \u2013 \u2018<\/span>Headscarf fight\u2019, relating to the debate over whether women should be allowed to wear headscarves in certain professions<\/span><\/p>\n

Das Nachtshopping<\/strong> \u2013 This half-German, half-English word means \u2018late-night shopping\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

ick<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>The Berlin dialect has made its way into Duden. \u2018Ick\u2019 is how they say \u2018ich\u2019 in Berlin (no sign of the Bavarian \u2018i\u2019 or Hessian \u2018isch\u2019 yet, though!)<\/span><\/p>\n

r<\/span><\/strong>umeiern<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Verb meaning to<\/span> amble aimlessly around something and therefore not really achieve anything (literally \u2018to egg about\u2019)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Certain spellings have been changed, too. <\/span><\/h2>\n

The following are three English words that have previously been given German-style spellings to reflect how they are pronounced in German. In this edition of Duden, their spellings have been changed to the official English spellings, making these the new, official German spellings (confusing, isn\u2019t it?).<\/span><\/p>\n

Majon<\/span>\u00e4<\/span>se \u2192<\/span> Mayonnaise<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ketschup \u2192<\/span> Ketchup<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anschovis \u2192<\/span> Anchovies<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

The German Eszett\/Scharfes S <\/strong>has also had a change in that its capitalised version (see photo below) was officially added.<\/p>\n

\"Capital<\/a>

Capital \u00df<\/p><\/div>\n

By Revolus<\/a> – Own work<\/span>, Public Domain, Link<\/a><\/p>\n

There is certainly a lot to think about and discuss here. Whether we like it or not, language is ever-changing, and as it changes it gives us a great look into what\u2019s going on in that country. So what does this list say to you about Germany? How does it make you feel as a learner of the German language? Leave me your opinions below!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

You may have seen articles floating around the past couple of days about how 5,000 new German words have been added to Duden. But what is Duden? And what are the words? Duden is\u00a0a dictionary\u00a0of the German language. It was first published by Konrad Duden (hence the name) in 1880, and has just released its…<\/p>\n

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This edition has also added the Danish<\/strong> word for Gem<\/a><\/span>\u00fc<\/span>tlichkeit \u2013 Hygge. <\/span><\/p>\n