Linguistic Domains
- The military or public administration
- Russian špicruteny (шпицрутены, from German Spießruten(-laufen)), "running the gauntlet")
- English blitz (from German Blitz(-krieg), lit. "lightning-fast war")
- German culture (or concepts that were first made notable in a German context)
- French le waldsterben (from German Waldsterben "forest dieback")
- English uses of gemuetlichkeit, wanderlust or schadenfreude
Technology and engineering have also provided Germanisms, as in the English bremsstrahlung (a form of electromagnetic radiation), or the French schnorchel (literally, "submarine snorkel," a type of air-intake device for submarine engines).
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