AMD 5

For AMD 5, I chose to write about the Wikipedia article on Denglisch, and how the influx of English words has made an impact on the German language.  Much like the importation of Latin and French words in the past, the importation of English words has made the German language much more expressive, much like how Spanish and French words have impacted the English language here in America.  Germans mainly except an English word if it represents something that a proper German expression can’t because it doesn’t exist; mainly due to the fact that most newly introduced English words are expressions from the modern world and are as new to English speakers as they are to German speakers.  Words such as “computer,” “I-pod,” and “software” are all English in nature and unlike the other languages, the German language takes these words as they are, without finding a translation for them.

As I had said earlier, this is much like how the English language in America easily adapts words that come from other languages; words such as "taco" and "guitar" from the Spanish language, and words like "brunette" and "cafe" from the French language.  Perhaps it has something to do with the Germanic tribes that German and English came from that explains this eagerness to adapt other nations' words.