It's not just über, blitz and schadenfreude. Henning explores German words that have made it into the English language.

Despite learning German for three years ... there are an estimated 171,146 words currently in use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, not to mention 47,156 ...

How does one find one's way around the rules of the German language, where do new words come from, and what are the most important changes in the use of the language - for example, due to ...

You’ll rarely see this word written down - and you certainly won’t hear it in your German classes. And yet - it’s an irreplaceable part of the German language. “Hä?” (listen to the ...

where the words look identical or are very similar to English ones. Be careful not to mix up the meaning. The German language lost its longest word in 2013 ...

Life-Work-Balance: The English term for this ... the GfdS selects a German word of the year each December. From nearly 2,500 submissions, the language society selects 10 finalist words, which ...

How does one find one's way around the rules of the German language, where do new words come from, and what are the most important changes in the use of the language - for example, due to ...