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Word of the Month: Index Let me start with a story: The coach of the German national soccer team, Jogi Löw, nominated two forwards (Podols...

See (fem.) means "sea" and Bär means "bear". Seebär is usually used together with alt (old): Ein alter Seebär is th...

When I was in Germany this summer, I found the country in a strange funk. I say "strange" because this mood is in contrast to a b...

This compound noun hitches together Volk (people--as in "the American people") and Verhetzung (stirring up of hatred, especially...

In a comment on the earlier FIFA World Cup post, I briefly alluded to the quadrennial ritual I have been observing in the US since I moved h...

Unschuldslamm combines Unschuld (innocence) with Lamm (lamb). The term refers to a person claiming innocence w.r.t. some misdeed&#15....

We're under way! A friend sent me the "photo of the year" on the left...