German suffers from a netherlandification where younger Germans lose their native vocabulary and replace it with English words, e.g.
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German suffers from a netherlandification where younger Germans lose their native vocabulary and replace it with English words, e.g. instead of saying "Mann", they say "Dude", instead of "betrügen" they use "cheaten".
Especially when discussing technical topics, using the German vocabulary is seen as uneducated, cringe or unprofessional.
It's my impression that young people especially have an extremely limited vocabulary, half consisting of more-or-less incorrect English loanwords replacing a perfectly fine German one.
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German suffers from a netherlandification where younger Germans lose their native vocabulary and replace it with English words, e.g. instead of saying "Mann", they say "Dude", instead of "betrügen" they use "cheaten".
Especially when discussing technical topics, using the German vocabulary is seen as uneducated, cringe or unprofessional.
It's my impression that young people especially have an extremely limited vocabulary, half consisting of more-or-less incorrect English loanwords replacing a perfectly fine German one.
Thanks for attending my TED talk.@kaia some people started with it, and people that don't know the actual word in German beforehand just pick that up as their vocabulary for that.
The age of the internet and the effects of younger and younger people being exposed to it.
