Tag: German language
Unword of the year: “Pushback” – culture
“Pushback” is the “bad word of the year” in 2021. That was announced by the jury of the “Sprachkritischen Aktion” on Wednesday in Marburg. The term, which comes from English,…
The peculiarities of Karl Lauterbach – Bavaria
A television evening without the newly elected Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach is no longer imaginable. If you use the Bavarian basic vocabulary, then it meets all the criteria to…
“Breakwater” is the word of the year 2021 – Panorama
Nothing has shaped the past two years like the coronavirus. In line with this, the word for the year 2020 was “Corona pandemic”. Now we have another year of epidemics…
Breakwater is word of the year – panorama
Nothing has shaped the past two years like the coronavirus. In line with this, the word for the year 2020 was “Corona pandemic”. Now we have another year of epidemics…
The writer Franz Kafka spoke Bavarian – Bavaria
The writer, whose works are part of world literature, is considered a master of the classical German language. Now a linguist has found out that Kafka’s expression sounded different in…
“Instrument box”: How a term made a career – Panorama
Alfred Hitchcock appears three times in his films with an instrument case. The first time in “Spellbound” from 1945. Hitchcock leaves a hotel elevator with a violin case. Two years…
“The Witness-Machine Complex” at the Kunstverein Nürnberg – Kultur
When the crimes of the National Socialists were to be dealt with at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945/6, interpreting became a central medium for this processing. The remaining heads of…
Corona and language: you all have a shot – panorama
Language changes – and it changes most noticeably during crises. The expulsion of the Huguenots in the 17th century by France’s King Louis XIV was, of course, a misfortune for…
German politicians no longer want to convince, they just want to proclaim. – Culture
Politics once included the art of getting people carried away, convincing them and feeling responsible – Helmut Schmidt was able to do that. Today politics seems to have fallen on…
Austria and Germany: Who likes whom, when and why – Panorama
The German ambassador to Austria, the man’s name is Ralf Beste and was once a journalist, has just presented a study in Vienna that looked at what Austrians think of…