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

50 Þorsteinn Hjaltason
287. mein Herr My (dear) Sir. Miscellany 0 9 3
288. Meistersinger n German lyric poets and
musicians in the 14th to
16th centuries
organized in guilds and
having an elaborate
technique.
Lit. 21 172 4
289. mettwurst n A smoked Germantype
sausage of lean beef
and salt pork.
Food 2 0 3
290. minenwerfer n A G. trench mortar. Mil. 1 0 3
291. Mitbestimmung n Codetermination. Economics 4 0 3
292. Mitsein n The concept of a
person’s being in its
relationship with others.
Philos. 3 0 3
293. Mittagessen n Lunch. Food 0 1 3
294. Mitteleuropa n Central Europe. Geogr. 12 5 3
295. Mittelschmerz n Pain that occurs
between menstrual
periods.
Med. 0 2 3
296. mittelstand n Middle class(es). Sociol. 3 11
297. mogul n A large bump on a ski
slope.
Sports 5 197 4
298. morgenstern n A medieval club with a
spiked head.
Mil. 3 1 2
299. mucker n A fanatic or hypocrite. Miscellany 15 9 4
300. Muschelkalk n A limestone of the G.
red sandstone
formation.
Geol. 2 0 3
301. Mutterrecht n Mother right. Anthrop. 1 3 1
302. mutti n Mom(my). Miscellany 9 81 3
303. nachlass n An author’s
unpublished writings
left after the author’s
death.
Lit. 1 2 3
304. nacht und nebel Now often a situation
characterized by
mystery and obscurity.
Miscellany 0 1 3
305. nachtmusik n Serenade. Music 10 24 3
306. nebelwerfer n A six-barrelled rocket
mortar used by the G.
In WW2.
Mil. 2 1 2
307. Neue Sachlichkeit A new realism
developed in G. In the
1920s as a reaction
against impressionism
in arts.
Art, Lit. 7 12 3
308. Nibelung / Niblung Any of Siegfried’s
followers.
Myth. 1 2 4
309. nicht wahr Isn’t that true? Miscellany 0 9 3
310. nix (< nichts) adv. /
v.
Nobody; nothing. Miscellany 20 240 4
311. Oktoberfest n Beverages 1 101 4
312. Ostmark n The East G. Monetary
unit of 1964-1990.
Currency 8 4 4