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The influx of English words in to German
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datsunking1
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04 May 2010 at 5:10pm | IP Logged

I see a lot of this through the German music company/artists "Aggro Berlin"

Words like

"das Dreamteam" (The dreamteam)
"die Kops" = The cops
"Ich seh'" = I see

It helps my comprehension a little, but there is still a great amount that I don't know just yet :P
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lichtrausch
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04 May 2010 at 6:04pm | IP Logged

datsunking1 wrote:

"Ich seh'" = I see

There's nothing English about this one.
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Doitsujin
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05 May 2010 at 7:12pm | IP Logged

lichtrausch wrote:

Here are some suggestions for what you can use:
Sale: Abverkauf

AFAIK, Abverkauf is only used in Austria. In Germany, we usually use Ausverkauf/Schlussverkauf (=closeout/clearance sale).
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Teango
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05 May 2010 at 8:39pm | IP Logged

lichtrausch wrote:

Teango wrote:

For example, I've been living in Germany now for over a year, and I'm still looking for a modern radio station that plays predominantly German contemporary music or even get my hands on a cool t-shirt with a logo or design in German rather than English. If anyone has any suggestions by the way, they're very welcome. :)

This station plays a lot of, maybe even mostly German music.
link

Vielen Dank, lichtrausch...I look forward to checking this out.

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