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

56 Þorsteinn Hjaltason
439. Tafelmusik n Music so printed that
parts can be read from
the same page by two
or more persons seated
on opposite sides of a
table.
Music 1 0 3
440. Taube n A G. monoplane with
recurved, pigeonshaped
wings, used in
WW1.
Mil. 6 3 2
441. thalweg n A line following the
lowest part of a valley,
river, or lake.
Geol. 1 2 3
442. torte n A usu. richly frosted
cake or pastry.
Food 255 8 4
443. Totenkopf n A member of one of the
divisions of the SS in
Nazi Germany.
Mil. 0 3 2
444. Totentanz n Dance of deaths. Lit. 3 0 3
445. Trinkhalle n A place at a spa where
medicinal water is
dispensed for drinking;
a pump-room.
Med. 0 3 3
446. trinklied n A drinking song. Music 0 1 2
447. Trockenbeerenauslese n A superior, sweet G.
white wine, made from
selected overripe single
grapes.
Beverages 0 6 3
448. trommel n A rotating cylindrical
sieve or buddle used for
washing and sizing
ores.
Mining 0 77 4
449. trub n In the brewing process,
a haze formed and
removed during the
boiling or cooling of
wort.
Beverages 2 0 3
450. trull n A girl or lass;
prostitute.
Miscellany 0 2 4
451. turnhalle n Gymnasium. Sports 7 4 3
452. turnverein n In the United States, a
gymnastic society, orig.
for German immigrants.
Sports 0 8 3
453. U-Bahn n Subway. Miscellany 2 8 3
454. über- / uber- prefix Over, super, very
(Knapp).
Miscellany 4 126
455. über alles Above all else. Miscellany 2 21 2
456. Übermensch n An ideal superior man
(Nietzsche).
Philos. 0 27 3
457. U-boat n Submarine. Mil. 110 189 4
458. umlaut n A change in the sound
of a vowel produced by
partial assimilation to
an adjacent sound.
Ling. 1 23 4
459. Umwelt n Environment. Philos. 17 7 2
460. und so weiter And so forth, et cetera. Miscellany 1 2 2
461. Unding n A vague abstraction or
concept lacking any
properties.
Physics 0 1 2