This word literally means "replacement", and is typically used in English to refer to a cheap, inferior substitute for something, e.g. A Google search for the word brings up quite a few sites on the paranormal, as well as sites using the term more straightforwardly to refer to e.g. Term for someone who resembles a person to the point that they could be considered their "double." Often used to refer to eerie or uncanny resemblances, or mysterious or evil doubles. Ironically, although the word comes from German, it is not much used in German, having been replaced by a contraction: these dogs (also sometimes called "Wienerĭogs" in English because of their shape) are normally called "Dackel" in German.
The term was coined by an American journalist as a description of Nazi war strategy at the beginning of the Second World War. Sudden, swift, large-scale offensive warfare intended to win a quick victory. Some argue that there is no such thing as a Bildungsroman. The definition of the term depending on their choice of definition, Meisters Lehrjahre, or Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ī novel that details the psychological development of the principal characterĭie Bildung = education der Roman = novel. "a gloomy, often neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression" In German, this word denotes any kind of fear, but in English it is used to designate Click here to see a fun article from 2014 describing 10 German words that are or should be on this list.Click here to see a great Tumblr post on "Untranslatable German Words" (written in July 2017, many years after I stopped updating this list), including some newer coinages like "verschlimmbessern" and "fremdschämen.".Most of the words on this list enrich the English language, but some are just references to Nazi terminology. Words for which I have found such quotes are hyperlinked in the list below. Please do, however, use the Contact/Feedback link below to send (a) corrections, or (b) fun quotations illustrating the use of one of the words listed below in English. There is now an excellent Wikipedia article with a List of German expressions in English, so I will no longer be making additions to this page.
German Words that Express Concepts for which English Lacks Suitable Words
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