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Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago

What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?

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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?

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Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago

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For the chess people: Zugzwang and Zwischenzug!
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  Not a chess person, never heard of them
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  Zugzwang is self explanatory but what is Zwischenzug?

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