Tag: German language
Chat-GPT: How AI is changing human language
Artificial intelligence writes better school essays and responds best to clear commands. Does this make people more rude and linguistically incompetent? source site
Scratcher’s vocabulary: A cactus in the Potschamperl – Bavaria
The charming word Potschamperl (Potschamberl, Botschamperl) used to be used for night oats. A few days ago, this linguistic-historical pearl triggered various reactions among readers. On the Munich pages of…
Anti-AfD demos: be funny!
Is it allowed to write “Nazis have small dicks” on posters and demonstrate publicly? Of course you can. About the power of humorous protest. source site
“Remigration” is “Bad Word of the Year” 2023 – Panorama
The “bad word of the year” for 2023 is “remigration”. This was announced by the language-critical “Unwort” campaign. The word has become “a euphemism for calls for forced expulsion and…
Sophia and Lukas are popular first names in Bavaria – Bavaria in 2023
The first names Sophia and Lukas are particularly popular among children born in Bavaria in 2023. They are at the top of a list presented on Friday by hobby name…
Goethe Institute: Gerhard Polt writes to Annalena Baerbock – Culture
Home Culture Germany Goethe Institute:Subject: own goal December 8, 2023, 5:01 p.m Open detailed view Annalena Baerbock in Paris. (Photo: IMAGO/ABACAPRESS) The investments in the Goethe Institutes were as good…
“Crisis mode” is word of the year – “anti-Semitism” in second place – Panorama
The German Language Society has chosen the term “crisis mode” as “Word of the Year” for 2023. “Anti-Semitism” came in second place, followed by “unable to read,” as the jury…
Goethe Institute: Gerhard Polt writes to Annalena Baerbock – Culture
Home Culture Germany Goethe Institute:Subject: own goal December 6, 2023, 1:00 p.m Open detailed view Annalena Baerbock in Paris. (Photo: IMAGO/ABACAPRESS) The investments in the Goethe Institutes were as good…
German is beautiful – culture
Our language deserves a better reputation – especially in Europe: it’s a shame that we don’t advertise it. And it’s unbelievable that politicians are even closing Goethe Institutes instead. In…
Meichela is Upper Franconian word of the year 2023 – Bavaria
It was almost exactly nine years ago that so-called patriotic Europeans met on German streets for the first time to warn against what they saw as the threat of Islamization…