German Used In English

By Elizabeth Gregory

OK, so a while back I blogged about French words used in English. Since then, I've been looking into other languages that English has adopted words from. There are a ton of them. Today, I thought I'd share with you what I learned about German words in English. Although there were not nearly as many as French words, there were quite a few surprises.

Believe it or not, quite a few of these are actually named after the German speaking person (some from Austria) who discovered them. Everything from fuel to dogs is on this list. Among the list of names: Farenheit, Doppler (as in effect and radar), Doberman (as in pinscher), diesel, and Alzheimer's disease.

There are also common words not named after people that have been adopted from German. These include: aspirin, angst, blitz (like in football), delicatessen, and fest (like film fest).

I found these German words used in English (and more) with their meanings at about.com.
You may find a lot of interesting words that you have never used.