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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English? (lemmy.world)
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[–] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I guess mine would be kaput

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kaputt*

[–] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In English, it is, surprisingly, just "kaput" with a single "t"

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Funny! So we can say "'kaput' is(t) kaputt."

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Probably a mistake that got so common that it is now accepted as correct

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's ok, just tell us when it's working again

[–] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Nah, it's kaput for gut