Yeah, Elektronik is a direct loan from English electronics. The language nazis are complaining we already have the word Elektrik for that because in German tha

Yeah, Elektronik is a direct loan from English electronics. The language nazis are complaining we already have the word Elektrik for that because in German that apparently includes what is colloquially called Elektronik. It's mostly an argument based on word origins (i.e. they say Elektronik would have to be similar to Mechatronik in that it would specifically refer to electronic motors and such rather than typical consumer electronics). Of course Elektronik does have a distinct meaning separate from Elektrik and the entire argument is based on a simplistic understanding of how human language works. But like many of the more outlandish arguments this boils down to "foreign words are corrupting our Germanic language and ultimately destroying our culture" -- which of course is insane. The entire "Germanize the German language" idea was pretty popular in the Nazi era, btw, giving rise to many failed word creations as well as a few that stuck around (I think "Bürgersteig" successfully replaced the French loan word "Trottoir").