Capturing the Zeitgeist Native German Loanwords in ... - Skemman

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In the following table, translations are provided for words where it seems needed. They are, where
otherwise not noted, taken from GLIE and they are kept as brief as possible.
Table 12: List of the 537 German Loanwords found in either Corpus
Word
Word class
Meaning
1. abendmusik n Usu. an evening
performance of
religious or sacred
music.
2. Abiturient n A pupil who is
graduating from a
gymnasium or high
school.
3. ablaut n Alternation in the
vowels of related word
forms, especially in
Germanic strong verbs
(e.g. in sing, sang,
sung).
Semantic
field
BNC freq.
COCA freq.
Music 0 2 3
Ed. 0 1 3
Ling. 2 4 4
4. abseil n Descend a near-vertical
surface using a doubled
rope running through a
friction device or coiled
round the body and
fixed at a higher point.
Sports 61 3 4
5. abseil v To lower oneself or
someone down a cliff.
Sports 126 2 3
6. Abwehr n The G. office for
espionage etc in WW2.
Mil. 26 7 3
7. Achtung interj. Attention, caution. Miscellany 4 17 2
8. Affenpinscher n A small breed of dog. Zool. 1 6 4
9. alpenhorn n A straight horn with a
cupped mouthpiece.
Music 0 7 4
10. alpenstock n A long iron-tipped stick
used by hillwalkers
(COED).
Sports 4 3 4
11. alpenstocked a Equipped with an
alpenstock.
Sports 1 0
12. an sich In itself. Philos. 1 5 3
13. Anglist n A student of English
language and lit.
Ling. 0 2 4
14. Anglistics / Anglistic n The study of English Ling. 0 9 3
/ Anglistik
language and lit.
15. angst, ängste n Anxiety, anguish. Psych. 111 960 4
16. anlage n The initial development
of cells in an embryo.
Biol. 1 0 4
17. Anlage n Rudiment, inception. Bot. 1 0 1
18. Ansatz n A mathematical
assumption.
Math 2 7
19. Anschluss n Annexation or union. Politics 13 41 4
20. apfelstrudel / apple
strudel
n Food 3 34 3
21. auf Wiedersehen interj. Good-bye. Miscellany 0 29 4
Degree of
acculturation