In Trump's second term, the president seems to be embracing the concept of Führerprinzip to consolidate his power.

"The German federal government will do everything in its power to prevent this." In the tariffs dispute between the European Commission and the US, Merz announced further negotiations. The goal, he ...

German and English both belong to the Germanic language family and have a shared history. This means that there are many "cognates" (words that are historically related and therefore similar).

There’s a German word that describes the process the Nazi party used to take total control of all aspects of life: Gleichschaltung, which essentially means “bringing into line.” Much of this ...

This German word is controversial - and likely to pop up at least a bit over the next few months as Germany heads into election season.

German’s super-long compound words are legendary—even Mark Twain had something to say about them. This quick video demonstrates how those words are constructed.

Language, especially as it appears to the pre-verbal child, is a “torrent,” a “fast moving stream,” a “boiling stream,” a “fast-moving current of sound not yet congealed into meaning.” Words are “like ...

The remarkable capacity of the English language to borrow and absorb, in regular usage, words from other languages – with words that originated in French and German before coming into common use ...

Harry Kane says he currently only knows one German word, but has vowed to get up to speed with his new surroundings following his whirlwind transfer to Bayern Munich. The England captain was ...

Given the relative freedom of compounding and metaphorical extension, German speakers can manufacture a word for nearly anything they want.