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While Old English, and therefore Modern English is a Germanic language, there are relatively few borrowings from Modern German into English, and many of these are rarely seen technical words. Some examples are: kindergarten, angst, loess, sauerkraut, schadenfreude, strudel, blitz, delicatessen, edelweiss, doppelganger, ersatz, frankfurt, gneiss, kitsch, geiger (counter), wurst, lager, pinscher, quartz, schitzel, schnapps.
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∙ 7y agoThere are hundreds of such words, a few are from the Germanic source are: Banjan means abandon. Akiz means ache. Raidjan means abandon. Besokjanan means beseech. Beforan means before. Gagniz means gain. Grautaz means great. Buzdon is a bud. Kweman means come. Haldanan means hold. Austra means eastern. Frijond means frieldly.
Norse words include: Baggin meaning bag. Skyrta is a shirt or skirt. Raptr is a raft. Skrap is scrap. Vondr is a rod or wand. Uggligr is ugly or dreadful. Spretta in to jump up or sprint. Ladd as in lad or young person. Fotr is a foot. Tyr, Odin and Freya mean Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
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∙ 7y agoThe days of the week have Norse origins.
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