English Words that Originate from German
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English words that originate from the German language:
Adidas - the sport equipment company
Baumanometer - to measure your blood pressure.
Benzin - Carl Benz, automobile pioneer
Berliner - a pastry named for the German capital city
Bunsen burner - from Robert Bunsen, 1811-99, a German chemist who invented it
Camellia - from Georg Josef Kamel, 1661-1706, a Jesuit missionary (Latinized form of his name Camellus) who introduced it to Europe from the East
Cologne - named for a German city; Kölnisch-Wasser, Cologne, or 4711 (after the Glockengasse address)
Diesel - fuel named for a German scientist
Dobermann - are named after a dog-breeder, Louis v Dobermann
Doppler - A German scientist of the Doppler effect fame
Einsteinium 253 - an element named for physicist Albert Einstein
Fahrenheit - Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit inventer of the Fahrenheit scale for temperature
Freudian slip - Sigmund Freud, Viennese psychotherapist
Gauss - a measuring unit for magnetic force
Geiger counter - from Hans Geiger, 1882-1945, a German physicist and one of its inventors
Gestalt - theory of psychology
Hertz - as in mega hertz - mHz
Köchel/Köchel-Verzeichnis - named for cataloger of Mozart's music
Limburger - a city in Germany and famous for strong cheese!
Lutheran - from Dr. Martin Luther
Mach - Ernst Mach for whom the multiples of the speed of sound are designated
Mendelism - Mendel's law (Gregor Mendel's Vererbungslehre)
Mercedes - the car was named after Mercedes Jellinek
Mesmerize - from Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician
Messerschmitt - aircraft named for German aviation pioneer (also briefly produced automobiles)
Möbius (Moebius) strip - named for German mathemetician and scientist August Ferdinand Möbius - Born: 17 Nov 1790 in Schulpforta, Saxony; Died: 26 Sept 1868 in Leipzig, Germany
Mozart-Kugeln - chocolate candy from Salzburg, home of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ohm - from Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854), German physicist and formulator of Ohm's law for whom the unit of electrical resistance and the ohmmeter to measure it were named
Petri dish - from Julius R. Petri, a German bacteriologist (1852-1921)
Roentgenstrahlen - (X-rays) und roentgen (to X-ray) are named after Roentgen.
Pinscher - a dog breed possibly named after Pinzgau
Poodle - from pudeln ( I know this isn't a name, but it is a little known fact that they are German dogs, named for their water skills
Porsche - Ferdinand Porsche, automotive pioneer
Rottweiler - after Rottweil, a city in southern Germany
Wagner horn - named for Richard Wagner, composer of operas
Wankel - named for the inventor of the rotary engine
Weimaraner - a dog breed named for the city of Weimar
Werther - candy lozenges
Zeppelin - Great airships named for Graf von Zeppelin
Zinnia - from J. G. Zinn, a German botanist
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A. A coat of arms technically refers to the cloth covering worn by knights over their armor to display their arms. Arms are the correct term used to describe what we call today a Coat of Arms or Family Crest, with a Crest being the charge (symbol) over the helmet, so both terms coat of arms and family crest are the same thing.
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When searching for a coat of arms from countries other than England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, they are reffered to by different names, in
Germany: Wappen, Familienwappen, Blasonierung, Heraldik, Wappenschablonen
Netherlands: Wapen, Wapenschid, Heraldiek, Familiewapen
Sweden: Slaktvapen, Heraldik
Denmark: Familievaben
Poland: Herby, Herb, Herbu, Herbarz
France: Armoiries
Spain: Heraldica de Apellidos, Escudo, Heraldaria
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