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English Words of German Origin
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English Words of German Origin
Angst:
An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
Blitz:
Attack suddenly and without warning
Delicatessen:
Ready-to-eat food products
Doppelganger:
A ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
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Flak:
Intense adverse criticism
Gestalt:
A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
Hinterland:
A remote and undeveloped area
Kitsch:
Excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
Leitmotiv:
A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
Nazi:
A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
Poltergeist:
A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
Putsch:
A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
Realpolitik:
Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
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Schadenfreude:
Delight in another person's misfortune
Zeitgeist:
The spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
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