It is funny to the see exoticization of the German language, even though German is so close to English. I think the author confuses etymology with meaning, and

It is funny to the see exoticization of the German language, even though German is so close to English. I think the author confuses etymology with meaning, and then uses wrong etymologies (e.g. translating "mut" to "courage" rather then the literal "mood") to arrive at some amazing "wisdom" in German. Some of the words are exactly the same meaning as the English counterpart, e.g. develop also means to unwrap. It just have a French origin rather than a Germanic. I think English is really the odd language here. Because so many English words are loanwords from French or Latin, their origin or etymology is not as apparent to English speakers. (And of course the article sprinkles a bit of irrelevant neurobabble.)