Hello. I loved your Ted Talks about inventing words. I have two great words I love using in English from German.
One, "Geschenk" n. meaning to give someone something as a gift. We have NO one word in English like this and it totally saves time to tell someone, "No, you don't have to give me my pen back, I geschenk it to you."
Two, "basteln". v. to do handicrafts/arts and crafts. The word sounds as busy as you are. E.g., Q- What are you doing? A- I am basteln a present for my mother for her birthday.
My husband is German and my children are bi-lingual (English/German). We use these words very often and I keep telling my kids that if we use it often enough and get other people to use it too, we can get it in the English dictionary. Please help us attain this fun dream!
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Hello. I loved your Ted Talks about inventing words. I have two great words I love using in English from German.
One, "Geschenk" n. meaning to give someone something as a gift. We have NO one word in English like this and it totally saves time to tell someone, "No, you don't have to give me my pen back, I geschenk it to you."
Two, "basteln". v. to do handicrafts/arts and crafts. The word sounds as busy as you are. E.g., Q- What are you doing? A- I am basteln a present for my mother for her birthday.
My husband is German and my children are bi-lingual (English/German). We use these words very often and I keep telling my kids that if we use it often enough and get other people to use it too, we can get it in the English dictionary. Please help us attain this fun dream!
Renata Rivkin Haag
January 15, 2015