LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.13 (02) [EN]

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From: Danette Howland <dan_how at msn.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.13 (01) [EN]

Ron gave the following list:

In the case of German importations in English these tend to be terms taken
from German published works and tend to belong to specialist jargon. Here
are further examples (and I am not talking about the numerous German
importations denoting actual novel items here):

Narrenfreiheit
Sturm und Drang
Gestalt
Weltschmerz
Dasein
Leitmotif (now often "leading theme")
Realpolitik
Verfremdungseffekt
Umlaut
Ablaut
Sprachbund
Dachsprache
Ausbausprache
Urtext
Urheimat
Zeitgeist
Methodenstreit
Festschrift
Angst
Wunderkind
Galgenhumor (which recently became a calque: gallows humor)
Loanword (calque of Lehnwort)

To which I must add the familiar *Weltanschauung.* I have even seen
Weltgeist in English writing, along with *Voelkerwanderung* and many
psychological terms from specialized literature. Fine arts give us many
common nouns such as* Bauhaus *and *Goetterdaemmerung*.

Be well.

John Howland

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