German Lexicon

angst (ahngkst)

Bildungsroman (bil-doongz-roh-mahn)

blitzkrieg

doppelgänger (dop-uhl-gang-er)

gestalt

Götterdämmerung (got-er-dam-uh-roong)

masochism

Realpolitik (rey-ahl-poh-li-teek)

Reich

Schadenfreude (shahd-n-froi-duh)

uber- a German prefix used to indicate a "super-something" or a "mother of all"

Übermensch

verboten

Weltschmerz (velt-shmerts)

wunderkind

zeitgeist

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