Author: GermanyinUSA

• Word of the Week: Frühlingsgefühle

  Large parts of the countryside may still be covered in snow, but in some areas people have already had the pleasure of taking the first stroll of the year outside…

  February 25, 2011

• Word of the Week: Welpenschutz

  Isn’t it great when an expression is created to finally describes something that we’ve seen or experienced, but could never really name? Welpenschutz does exactly that. This expression is more…

  February 18, 2011

• Word of the Week: Krass

  Have you ever had a friend tell you an amazing story and you just weren’t sure how to react? Enter the word krass, the ultimate comeback word for any situation!…

  February 11, 2011

• Word of the Week: Zeitreise

  The popular German expression Zeitgeist has, like Kindergarten and Gesundheit, wended its way into the English language (which some might even go so far to claim is “based on German,”…

  January 28, 2011

• Word of the Week: Alternativlos

  First there was that eyebrow-raising and little known German word of the year – Wutbürger (enraged citizen). Now there is the Unwort des Jahres, or ‘un-word’ of the year –…

  January 21, 2011

• Word of the Week: Fingerspitzengefühl

  Over the course of the year, Germany.info and The Week in Germany will highlight a different “Word of the Week” in the German language that may serve to surprise, delight…

  January 14, 2011

• Word of the Week: Wutbürger

  Over the course of the year, The Week in Germany will highlight a different “Word of the Week” in the German language that may serve to surprise, delight or just…

  January 7, 2011

• Word of the Week: Gute Vorsätze

  At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, many of us transform suddenly from inebriated revelers to neurotic dieters as we make shedding those extra holiday pounds one of…

  January 6, 2011