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Comparison of English and German
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… German: difficult to learn?
Mein Name ist Markus. Ich bin 25 Jahre alt und ich bin Englischlehrer.
English, German, Norwegian,… have common roots
Germanic languages
West Germanic Languages: English, German, Dutch
North Germanic Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish,…
Some words are identical
• English
– Hand– Arm– Sand– Finger
• German
– Hand– Arm– Sand– Finger
Germanisms, Anglicisms
• In the English language
– Food and drink: hamburger, sauerkraut, wiener…
– Sports:to abseil, rucksack (backpack in AmE)…
– Literature:bildunsroman, künstlerroman,…
– Other aspects: kindergarten, zeitgeist,…
• In the German language
Computer, internet, mouse,….
Mountainbike, Skateboard,…
Fastfood, …
Language spread
English German
English• 300 – 400 million native
speakers• Spoken on all
continents• Official language in
many countries of the former British Empire(eg.: Ghana, NOTE: English is no official language neither in the USA nor in Australia)
German• Over a 100 million
native speakers• Spoken mainly in
Europe• Most widely spoken
language in Europe (as a native language!)
• 38% of Europe‘s population say they can converse in German
Politics
• Former British Empire (Canada, Australia, UK)by the late 19th century truly global
• The USA as a global superpower since WW II
=> importance of English
European Union
• About 500 million people• 27 members• 23 official languages• 3 working languages: English, French, German
Business
The USA?… an economic superpower
What about the German-speaking countries?… …
Germany
• The powerhouse of the EU• The most important trading partner for almost
all European partners and many non-European partners
• The 3rd largest industrial nation• Germans spend the most on tourism
worldwide
German companies
… and the rest of the German-speaking countries?
• Tourism: a major industry in Austria, Switzerland and parts of Germany
• Switzerland and Luxembourg – the wealthiest countries in Europe
Nevertheless, German is losing out to English…
• "Whereas in Hungary and Slovakia, Germany was stronger after reunification for traditional reasons, English is winning out nowadays more and more in the business world. […] English has even become the dominant foreign language in the Czech Republic in recent years. Whereas a few years ago, companies from the German linguistic area preferred local workers with a knowledge of German, they now accept more and more English-speaking employees.“
Source: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~joyce1/abinitio/whygerm7.html
German in America
• Americans of German descent the largest self-reported group in the US
• At 1990 census: one of four Americans claimed some form of German ancestry
• As late as 1910 nine million people in the US spoke German
Science
• Today: English the international language of science
• Around 1920: German-speaking countries the forefront of scientific disciplines
• 30% of scientific publications were written in German (now less than 5%)
• 40% of Nobel Prize winners spoke German (now less than 10%)
Nevertheless,
• German is the second most commonly used language for scholarly publications worldwide
• 40% of scientists in the USA recommend the study of German. In Poland and Hungary the figure is over 70%
Source: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/pro/german4u.pdf
Arts and Culture• Books, magazines and newspapers written in
English available all around the world• German: 2nd most used language in the internet
after English• Literature: one in ten books in the world
published in German (80,000 new book titles a year)
• German-speaking countries – rich cultural heritage: „land of the poets and thinkers“– Classical music: Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss,…– Philosophies of Kant, Marx,…
Negative evaluation of German culture
• Because people don‘t go there on holidays?• Because history teaching concentrates too
much on Germany‘s nazi era?• Because of WWII films?• ….?• ….?• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhvdHrC1RM