According to the BBC around 5,000 new words have been added to the German language in the latest edition of the well respected German dictionary, Duden. Most of the new words have come from the English speaking world.
New terms have been added such as ‘After show party’, ‘No-go area’, ‘It girl’ and ‘Babyblues’.
Twitter fans also gained a new word ‘Twittern’, which means to Twitter (or to Tweet, which ever you prefer).
New words have also come from the current global financial Crisis. ‘Kreditklemme’, meaning credit crunch has appeared for the first time. Other new words include ‘Konjunkturpaket’ which means ‘stimulus package’ and ‘Abwrackpraemie’ this translates as ‘car scrappage bonus’.
The German language is well known for its use and creation of extremely long compound nouns, for example the new edition of the dictionary includes a fantastic 23 letter example ‘vorratsdatenspeicherung’ which translates as ‘telecommunications data retention’.
The Duden was first published in 1880 by Konrad Duden. New editions of the dictionary are released every four or five years.
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