Relieved from my anger I felt when I found a survey among German speakers which suggests das Blog also is in use, but der Blog would be prevail for the majority of German speakers.Īs you can see, there is a lot going on, not only for me but for others, too. I felt even stronger about it, when I saw the Duden (the German version of the Oxford dictionary) labels both, der and das Blog, as correct (I can live with that, somehow), but believes das Blog is the prevalent form. Wie bitte? Das Blog as well as das E-mail? Never ever in my life will I use the neuter article for Blog or E-mail. I was very bewildered when I read das Blog for the first time. Not everyone agrees with me unfortunately which leaves me confused each time. Germans tend to base the answer to this question on feelings as well as on a few hints. Will it be der, die or das? Which one should we use for our new word? Well, that’s a justifiable question. You are almost done with creating your Denglisch word. Sometimes, Denglisch doesn’t replace a German counterpart, because a German word hasn’t been established before the Denglisch word was created.ĭas Jobtraining – I can’t think of a German equivalent. They also have in common that these words can be used instead of the German words. They are just made German by spelling it with capital letter and assigning it an article to fit in. The nouns are used the same way in English as well as in German. Ich habe an einem Jobtraining teilgenommen. Used within a sentence, in the accusative case here, the couch is incorporated into the German language. Setzen wir uns doch auf die Couch! (= Let’s sit on the couch.)Īgain, we need the capital letter and an article, in this instance it is die. Der Computer is ready to be used in the dative case in our example. (= I saved it on my computer.)įirstly, we need a capital letter when making our new German noun since German nouns all start with a capital letter. Now that we clarified what a noun is, we can have a look at the process of importing English nouns into the German. Here is what Google tells us about what a noun is: “a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things common noun, or to name a particular one of these proper noun.” German nouns are easy to spot as they are spelled with a capital letter: What is a noun again? To get everyone on the same page, let’s clarify shortly what a noun is. Spell the English noun with a capital letter
(= We still need a babysitter for tonight.) Wir brauchen immer noch einen Babysitter für heute Abend. In this part 2 of our guide, we want to focus on importing ANY English noun into German. Don’t only parrot the Denglisch that is already spoken, but sound like a native and know how it works.
Part of the everyday German is Denglisch. In our Denglisch guide, I am going to share with you the secrets of speaking the everyday German. When Germans enter a shop in Germany, will they ask the sales assistent “Hi, how is it going?” or will they greet with just “ Hallo”? Will Germans work on their Computer and Laptop or will they use a Rechner to get done what the boss wants to be done yesterday?
GERMAN WORDS IN ENGLISH SOUND HOW TO
Why Germans hate it officially but use it everyday.Īpart from learning German grammar and vocabulary and studying how to put sentences together, also try to get a feeling for how the language is used in everyday conversations, how it changes or simply what words and phrases people find appropriate when saying hello or goodbye. In part 1 of our Denglisch guide we talked about this: Take part in what Germans do a Billion times a day. Use English words mixed with German grammar. Do you want to sound like a German native speaker? It’s pretty easy.
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