S�ren Kuklau wrote: > On 3/24/2002 10:13 PM, Martin Fritsche apparently wrote exactly the > following: > >> Johannes Trommer wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> >>>>> Yes, for example Autobahn und Kindergarten ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Not to forget Rucksack ;-) >>> >>> >> >>> has anyone a list of germen words used in english language?? >> >> >> >> Angst >> Zeitgeist >> Bratwurst >> Schadenfreude >> Blitzkrieg (erm, this word is not used any longer in german.) > > > And I hope there won't be any more use for it. > > (Btw, why don't they use "flash war"?) > >> Realpolitik >> Gem�tlichkeit > > > Rucksack > Kindergarten > > And here again, why not "children's garden" or so?
Because that sounds like it should be a garden (as in, a place filled with plants tended by people) for children, whereas in English "kindergarten" means the first grade of school (coming the year before "first grade").
