Words Derived from German

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  1. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
  2. kindergarten
    a preschool for children to prepare them for primary school
  3. wunderkind
    a prodigy whose talents are recognized during childhood
  4. blitzkrieg
    a military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
  5. doppelganger
    someone or something that looks almost identical to another
  6. kaput
    destroyed or completely broken
  7. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  8. poltergeist
    a ghost that creates disorder and noise
  9. wanderlust
    very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
  10. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  11. verboten
    forbidden or prohibited
  12. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  13. leitmotif
    a recurring melody in a piece of music
Created on Wed May 14 14:52:33 EDT 2025 (updated Wed May 14 14:56:31 EDT 2025)

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