Sometimes it can be very surprising, sometimes quite shocking, too,  to see, which words of German origin you may find in English:

Here I try to collect a number of them.

which ones can you contribute?

• angst

• blitz (= Luftangriff, derived from „Blitzkrieg“)

• Christkindlesmarkt

• glühwein

• hinterland

• kitsch

• lebkuchen

• lied

• schmaltz, schnapps, schnitzel

• schmaltzy (Yiddish?)

• christmas stollen (credit to Lidl and Aldi?)

• doppelgänger

• dummkopf

• schadenfreude

• poltergeist

• unter-menschen

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