Dictionary under review: How the Duden is secretly gendered
LAccording to Duden-Online, a tenant is no longer “someone who has rented something”, but a “male person who has rented something”. All 12,000 personal and … Read more
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“Student Comment”: When Goethe was looking for the youth word of 1788
GThe youth word of the year has just been chosen. And as always, everyone has something to complain about when choosing. It’s good that Goethe … Read more
Battle term of the language debate: How Orwell invented “Newspeak”
Culture Battle term of the language debate How George Orwell invented newspeak Stand: 16.08.2020 | Reading time: 3 minutes Linguistic changes are often denigrated by … Read more