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  2. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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    As languages, English and German descend from the common ancestor language West Germanic and further back to Proto-Germanic; because of this, some English words are essentially identical to their German lexical counterparts, either in spelling (Hand, Sand, Finger) or pronunciation ("fish" = Fisch, "mouse" = Maus), or both (Arm, Ring); these are ...

  3. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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    A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...

  4. Glossary of German military terms - Wikipedia

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    Maskenball – German slang for fighting with NBC-protective gear, or at least with gas mask; Maultier – Sd.Kfz. 4 half-track truck, German for mule; Maus – "mouse"; nickname for a large, Porsche-designed super-heavy tank, the heaviest tank ever actually built and tested, that never passed beyond prototype stage.

  5. Aal - eel; aalen - to stretch out; aalglatt - slippery; Aas - carrion/rotting carcass; aasen - to be wasteful; Aasgeier - vulture; ab - from; abarbeiten - to work off/slave away

  6. Thawb - Wikipedia

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    The thawb dates back to the arrival of Islam in the Arab world in roughly 600 AD. It was a long- or short-sleeved gown worn over the qamis, an undergarment, by both men and women. The word thawb during this time was a general term for clothing and fabric because most types of clothing were mere pieces of cloth, or shiqqa.

  7. List of pseudo-German words in English - Wikipedia

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    From the German word 'nichts' (nothing). Mox nix! – From the German phrase, Es macht nichts! Often used by U.S. service personnel to mean "It doesn't matter" or "It's not important". [2] strafe – In its sense of "to machine-gun troop assemblies and columns from the air", 'strafe' is an adaptation of the German verb strafen (to punish).

  8. Category:German words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    List of German abbreviations; Abteilung; Alle Menschen werden Brüder; Angstloch; Ansatz; Arbeit macht frei; Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander; Aufbau; Auslese; Austria - the Nazis' first victim; Ave Maria! Jungfrau mild, erhöre einer Jungrau Flehen

  9. Qatari clothing - Wikipedia

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    There are two main types based on thickness and seasonality: the thin, lightweight bisht for summer and the thick bisht for winter. Unlike other forms of traditional men's clothing aside from the thawb, the bisht has remained relatively steady in its popularity in Qatar. [9] Qatari-crafted bishts are known especially for their softness.