because of the internet, English-based pop culture in music, movies and fashion?
Phrases like "debt solution" and "debt consolidation "are more common in use than the German equivalent.
Is it trendy to use sprinkle English words/phrases for German youth?
2006-12-08 10:03:33 · 3 answers · asked by a a 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
They get more and more common which is really a problem. Youths don't use german words if they can find any english words. Worst is that most of those words aren't even correct. eg. we use the word city for downtown or handy for cellphone. ask a german youth, they will tell you those words are english, but hardly any english word is used in german like an english person would use it.
2006-12-08 17:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by tine 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes it's becoming common. and according to the people i talked to in Germany, English is a required language in grade schools there.
as to whether it's trendy, from what i saw, there's still a lot of national pride in Germany and people are more likely to speak German than English even when they're fluent in both.
2006-12-08 10:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by Flint 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes definitely .... and this phenomenon counts for entire Europe except France..
2006-12-08 10:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by vertigo4487 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋