German words used in English!
Not everyone word used in English is original! In fact, much of our language is borrowed from other parts of the world! Check out these borrowed terms!
“Kindergarten” – a place where children start education
“Sarah will start kindergarten in September”
”Wiener” – another word for sausage
“The wieners sold in movie theaters always taste old”
“wanderlust” – used when you really want to travel
“During the pandemic, wanderlust has spread to millions of people”
Schadenfreude” – the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else
“I had a feeling of schadenfreude when Liverpool lost the game!”
Can you think of any other foreign words used in English?
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Vocabulary
Continent (n) – one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries.
Voyage (n) – a long journey, especially by ship.
To explore (also exploration/explorer) (v) – to search a place and discover things about it.
To navigate (navigation/navigator) (v) – to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land.
Subsequent (adj) – happening after something else.
Seafaring (adj) – connected with travelling by sea.
Norse (adj) – belonging or relating to the people who lived in Scandinavia in the past, especially the Vikings.
To settle (settlement/settler) (v) – to arrive, especially from another country, in a new place and start to live there and use the land.
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