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  GLOSSARY OF GERMAN WORDS

  Ach! Oh no!

  Ach, jammer! an expression of frustration

  auf Wiedersehen, or informally, tschuess good-bye

  Belsnickel a traditional Christmas persona bringing gifts

  Dreck dirt or excrement

  Dummkopf dummy or stupid

  Elend misery

  Frau Mrs.

  Fräulein Miss

  Fraktur unique printing designs; a German calligraphy

  gross Haus large house

  gut good

  Hasenpfeffer rabbit or hare

  Herr Mr.

  ja yes, pronounced “ya”

  Junge boy

  Kind child

  Kinder children

  Komm und is. Come and dine.

  Liebchen darling or sweetheart

  nein no

  Oma grandmother

  Opa grandfather

  Sehnsucht a yearning or longing (of the human spirit) for something of meaning

  Schellenbaum A bell-like instrument known in English as the Turkish Crescent. Popular in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the large instrument combined music with a symbol of authority or standard of allegiance.

  Scherenschnitte German folk art; cutout paper pieces are glued together to create objects such as trees, flowers, animals, or decorative elements for certificates.

  Spätzel egg noodles

  Tannenbaum tree, especially at Christmastime

 


 

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