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The words of German origin are here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei

The words of German origin are here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eig... I’m glad to finally learn an explanation for エネルギー

jansan 3y ago
ワンダーフォーゲル (Wandervogel) is missing from that list. And I just learned that it was an anti-industrialization movement.
- fenomas 3y ago
  There's an interesting, vaguely related family of terms derived from ゲバルト, from Ger. Gewalt "violence", that all refer to 60s-era student political movements and protests. For example ゲバヘル, protective helmets students wore during protests, and even ゲバ字 "violence characters" - referring to an angular form of writing used on protest fliers and signs, meant to prevent authorities from identifying the author by their handwriting. Example of such characters: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAVI_hansen_shukai.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAVI_hansen_shukai.j...
  - jansan 3y ago
    Those gebaji (ゲバ字) are really interesting stuff, would deserve their own discussion on HN.
Prickle 3y ago
アルバイト・バイト Is probably the most well known example. The german "Arbeit" is used commonly to refer to part time work.
netsharc 3y ago
Woah "power-up" (as in the mushroom Mario takes to be double-sized) is originally Japanese! Never noticed how it's not grammatically sensible English. Similar to how "long time no see" is either from Mandarin or pidgin English.
- resolutebat 3y ago
  "X up" is a common construct in wasei eigo (Japan-made English). An upgrade is a "version up", a raise across the whole company is a "base up", etc.
  - netsharc 3y ago
    Yes, that's what's conveyed in the Wikipedia article, in the entry "-appu". One of the examples was "power-up", and that's when I went "Woah!".
- norturnn 3y ago
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jansan 3y ago

ワンダーフォーゲル (Wandervogel) is missing from that list. And I just learned that it was an anti-industrialization movement.

fenomas 3y ago
There's an interesting, vaguely related family of terms derived from ゲバルト, from Ger. Gewalt "violence", that all refer to 60s-era student political movements and protests. For example ゲバヘル, protective helmets students wore during protests, and even ゲバ字 "violence characters" - referring to an angular form of writing used on protest fliers and signs, meant to prevent authorities from identifying the author by their handwriting. Example of such characters: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAVI_hansen_shukai.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAVI_hansen_shukai.j...
- jansan 3y ago
  Those gebaji (ゲバ字) are really interesting stuff, would deserve their own discussion on HN.

Prickle 3y ago

アルバイト・バイト Is probably the most well known example. The german "Arbeit" is used commonly to refer to part time work.

netsharc 3y ago

Woah "power-up" (as in the mushroom Mario takes to be double-sized) is originally Japanese! Never noticed how it's not grammatically sensible English. Similar to how "long time no see" is either from Mandarin or pidgin English.

resolutebat 3y ago
"X up" is a common construct in wasei eigo (Japan-made English). An upgrade is a "version up", a raise across the whole company is a "base up", etc.
- netsharc 3y ago
  Yes, that's what's conveyed in the Wikipedia article, in the entry "-appu". One of the examples was "power-up", and that's when I went "Woah!".
norturnn 3y ago
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