What are Krisenfrisen? How do you pronounce Quarantäne? What do baby elephants have to do with corona and German?
The coronavirus pandemic has instigated a wave of new vocabulary in German, and has caused the meanings of many existing words and expressions to change. In this episode I talk to Barbara Soukup (University of Vienna) and Frauke Rüdebusch (Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache) about how COVID-19 has changed the German language.
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- YOTE theme music by Vincent Tone (PremiumBeat.com)
What are Krisenfrisen? How do you pronounce Quarantäne? What do baby elephants have to do with corona and German?
The coronavirus pandemic has instigated a wave of new vocabulary in German, and has caused the meanings of many existing words and expressions to change. In this episode I talk to Barbara Soukup (University of Vienna) and Frauke Rüdebusch (Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache) about how COVID-19 has changed the German language.
- Web: yellowoftheegg.com
- Insta: @YOTEPodcast
- Email: yellowoftheegg.podcast@gmail.com
- YOTE theme music by Vincent Tone (PremiumBeat.com)