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I drew the cartoon on the right for a page on Laraine's website , in which she introduces "cognitive dissonance" to readers of...

Our Schnapsdrossel (WoM for March) needs a drinking companion, and here he is. A Schluck is a gulp or swig (from schlucken - "to swa...

Prinzip is German for “principle” and a Reiter is a “rider” (of horses). Hitch the two words together, and you have a person who acts on p...

Word of the Month: Index Another addition to the KrautBlog aviary: Schnaps (one p!) should be known to English speakers—it's a gener...

The Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Society for the German Language) made Wutbürger its word of the year for 2010. The term combines Wu...

I shot a frontal portrait of a chickadee yesterday that just had to be enhanced as shown. To my German friends: A chickadee is a Kohlmeise .

Bücher is the plural of Buch (book), and a Bücherwurm is the German equivalent of the English "bookworm"—a person who has no l...