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The Germain "ein Ferhseher" is likely just a literal translation of the English "television", being a 20th century technological invention.

• Fellshard 8y ago
  This. Trying to categorically distinguish between English and German words gets more difficult when a lot of modern terminology just gets shipped over as loan words.
  • jhbadger 8y ago
    But what makes German a little different is that they translate the loan words using their own roots. No doubt Fernseher is taken from television, but compare it to Spanish "televisión" -- there they literally took the word.
    • Fellshard 8y ago
      Some loan words are, some aren't. Certainly a lot of them do get properly translated, and it's always fun to see what sticks.