This week’s theme
Words borrowed from German

This week’s words
gemutlich
anschauung
gesellschaft
gesamtkunstwerk
krummholz


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Portmanteau (blend words)

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PRONUNCIATION:

(KROOM-holts)

MEANING:

noun: Stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.

ETYMOLOGY:

From German, from krumm (crooked) + Holz (wood). Earliest documented use: 1908.

USAGE:

“Contorted spiky krummholz and tangled alder grew close to the water’s edge.”
Julian May; Jack the Bodiless; Del Rey; 1991.

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