Asking non-native English speakers.

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[–] 37 points 14 hours ago* (12 children)

Does it count if English just steals your words?

Schadenfreude, Zeitgeist, Weltanschauung, Kindergarten.

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  • [–] 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

    Blitzkrieg translates pretty well doesn't it? Fast war?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (1 child)

    That's what English does. Why do you think OP is asking?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago

    It's what every language does, to some extent. You'd really struggle to say, "I was working from home, sending emails and providing feedback, and during a meeting with my team and the marketing manager, the internet died" in German without stuffing the sentence to the brim with English loanwords.

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