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Languages with many Germanic loan words

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15 August 2011 at 4:37pm | IP Logged 
Slovenian has quite a lot of German loan words, particularly if you use more informal language. My personal favorite is the word 'Å¡raufenziger ', from the German Schraubenzieher, which is a screwdriver.


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