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A comment on German expressions that don’t exist in English. Parent comment

Re:German expressions that don’t exist in English by deanjones on Monday December 30, 2019 @04:44AM (#21912174)
Interestingly here, "loanword" is a calque from the German "lehnwort", which reminds me of my favourite language fact: "loanword" is a calque, and "calque" is a loanword.
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