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English
Proper noun
Denglisch
- Alternative spelling of Denglish
2023 April 19, Alexander Wells, “Beamer, Dressman, Bodybag”, in European Review of Books:I have since stopped taking Denglisch so seriously. In the highly multicultural, highly Jens Spahn-baiting district of Neukölln, Denglisch has even begun to feel normal, until the moments when it doesn’t.
German
Etymology
Blend of Deutsch + Englisch.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Denglisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Denglisch or Denglischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Denglische, alternative genitive Denglischen, no plural)
- Denglish (German with excessive use of English vocabulary)
Auf Denglisch sagt man nicht mehr „Vorstellungsgespräch“, sondern „Interview“.- In Denglish you don’t say “Vorstellungsgespräch” anymore, but “Interview”.
2013 September 5, Marcus Rohwetter, “"Sale"”, in Die Zeit, number 37:Zum Zweiten schimpfen viele über den Einzug von Denglisch in deutsche Einkaufsstraßen, was bewiesenermaßen zahlreiche Stilblüten mit sich bringt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- A kind of jocular slang with English words but German syntax and idioms.
Was heißt „da stehen mir die Haare zu Berge“ auf Denglisch? — „There stand me the hairs to mountain.“- What is “it makes my hair stand on end” in Denglish? — “There stand me the hairs to mountain.”
Declension
Further reading
- “Denglisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache