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Schlepp your Verklempt Tollpatsch through the Dreck

As the German news site Spiegel-Online just announced, a committee of public representatives ranging from a popular comedian to the editor of the most prominent dictionary have determined their favourite words with a foreign root in the German language. The following winners rose to the top among approximately 3500 submissions:

  • Tollpatsch (Hungarian) - A less than capable person.
  • Currywurst (Tamil, Portuguese and English) - A hot dog with curry and ketchup, essentially. The other German street food after a Döner.
  • Engel - An angle... that was easy to translate...
  • Milchschake (English) - Anglophones, marvel at the spelling!
  • Chaos - A great word in any language.

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