In the last year, certain phrases have entered the lexicon that might have been wholly unfamiliar a year ago. In 2019, “social distancing” might have sounded strange; nowadays, we’re all experts in it ...

A singular German word overflowing with length and precision can flummox an English speaker: from its number of letters to its complex meaning. In the age of COVID-19, more than 1,200 words in German ...

There’s something so satisfying about a good German word. As The Awl entertainingly demonstrated with their spot-on “There Oughta Be a German Word For This” column, German words somehow define complex ...

German has a lot of specific words for a lot of silly things, which sound ridiculous when translated literally into English. Here are ten of the best. The German language doesn’t mess around when it ...

A famous 'false friend' in German, this fun word has a myriad of uses whether you're a farmer or you've simply stubbed your toe. If you hear a German exclaim “Mist!” your first inclination might be to ...

Other words like "bottomless" and "doer" also made the annual list voted by Germany's 10 to 20 year-olds. Continuing with the trend of incorporating English words into their daily lingo, the verb ...