![]() Sure, you know “gesundheit” and maybe even “kindergarten” are German, but what about “poodle” and “foosball”? Let’s dive into these German-English crossovers. You might be surprised just how many common terms in English come from German, though. After all, it’s a language famous for always having exactly the right word to describe things. It makes sense that English would want to borrow so much from German. There are even a surprising number of English words that are actually German, which we borrowed a bit more recently. ![]() English is a hodgepodge of vocabulary taken from Latin, French, Spanish and a huge number of other languages. ![]() You would think that means that English and German would have a ton in common, but language is never so simple. That means it comes from the same root as German, Norwegian, Danish and a number of other languages.
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