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Zee Germans

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(from Snatch):

Turkish: Fuck me, hold tight. What's that?
Tommy: It's me belt, Turkish.
Turkish: No, Tommy. There's a gun in your trousers. What's a gun doing in your trousers?
Tommy: It's for protection.
Turkish: Protection from what? "Zee Germans"?
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A list of German words which made it into English. Also a list of words I should use next time I am forced to write in English.
Words 1 through 65 of 65
wunderkammer   has been listed 8 times with 2 comments
rinderpest   has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
inselberg   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
gestalt   has been listed 53 times with 1 comment
festschrift   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
rucksack   has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
kindergarten   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
treppenwitz   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
gedankenexperiment   has been listed 6 times with 2 comments
fest   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
biergarden   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
muesli   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
doppelganger   has been listed 132 times with 1 comment
sauerkraut   has been listed 14 times with 1 comment
reinheitsgebot   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
eigenvalue   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
graben   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
zeitgebers   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
wanderlust   has been listed 118 times with 2 comments
kitsch   has been listed 54 times with 0 comments
kaputt   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
weltanschauung   has been listed 43 times with 1 comment
bunter sandstone   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
uebercamera   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
equipmentangst   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
lebensraum   has been listed 9 times with 2 comments
leitmotiv   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
herrenvolk   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
uebermensch   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
gestalt   has been listed 53 times with 1 comment
hinterland   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
pumpernickel   has been listed 33 times with 7 comments
umlaut   has been listed 39 times with 5 comments
waldsterben   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
wunderkind   has been listed 26 times with 2 comments
wurst   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
zeitgeistly   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
zeitgeist   has been listed 159 times with 7 comments
fahrvergnuegen   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
bratwurst   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
pretzel   has been listed 16 times with 0 comments
plattenbau   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
pils   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
panzer   has been listed 7 times with 9 comments
ostpolitik   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
oktoberfest   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
hamburger   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
glockenspiel   has been listed 45 times with 1 comment
gesundheit   has been listed 17 times with 2 comments
geist   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
gemuetlich   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
bildungsroman   has been listed 51 times with 1 comment
automat   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
autobahn   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
anschluss   has been listed 1 time with 7 comments
angst   has been listed 62 times with 3 comments
alpenglow   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
beergarden   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
farkakte   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
ansatz   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
blitzkrieg   has been listed 30 times with 2 comments
weltschmerz   has been listed 65 times with 2 comments
verboten   has been listed 22 times with 0 comments
schadenfreude   has been listed 339 times with 75 comments
gesiebeautomat   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
Words 1 through 65 of 65
comments for this list
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10 months ago sionnach said:

What about treppenwitz, also known as esprit d'escalier? Also kindergarten, rucksack, gedankenexperiment, festschrift, fingerspitzengefuehl, kirsch.

11 months ago colleen said:

jochen, did you know you can leave your quote on the word itself? :) Great list!

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