Well there's a word I never thought I'd use!

Hello all!
I’m sure we’ve all had the experience of learning a bunch of vocabulary for an exam that we never thought we’d use again.

Personally, I know I have leaned and used a lot of German words in the last two months (while listening to and talking about the news) that I never would have imagined previously.

Please use this forum to teach us a word you have used recently that you have never used before or only learned recently.

Mine:
Ausbreitung, Lockerung, Bußgeld, Abstand

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Hi Amanda,

Wir suchen Wörter, von denen wir niemals dachten, dass wir sie mal (auf Englisch) benutzen/brauchen würden? Super Idee!

Ich hätte niemals gedacht, dass ich “global pandemic” so schnell außerhalb von einem spannenden Film benutzen würde … :microbe:
Ein neues Wort für mich ist auch “social distancing”, das hört man jetzt (auf Englisch!) die ganze Zeit in den Nachrichten.

Viele Grüße!

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I have to admit, I’m pretty sure the term “social distancing” didn’t even exist until 2020! I’d certainly never heard it!

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Und ja, darum geht es! Der Grammatik hier ist etwas schwerig. Est hilft mir auch, die ubersetzung zu sehen! Danke!

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I see your interesting Covid related words, and I raise you… :crazy_face:

  1. Nincompoop and 2. Collywobbles

Any ideas what these might mean?

“Nincompoop” is a word that I have used all my life, but only recently learnt how to spell! :see_no_evil:
A nincompoop refers to someone who is acting silly or funny.
Eg. “Stop making so many funny noises, you nincompoop! People are staring!”

Collywobbles refers to general belly/stomach ache, but can also mean anxiety.
Eg. “Walking through the woods at night gives me the collywobbles!”

So to summarize, I do hope these words don’t give you the collywobbles. Don’t be a nincompoop and try them out! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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