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May I have a word about… why Covid sounds so much better in German | Coronavirus

Welcome to the one-and-a-half-metre society. Photograph: David Gannon/AFP/Getty Images Welcome to the one-and-a-half-metre society. Photograph: David Gannon/AFP/Getty Images Sun 7 Mar 2021 01.15 EST Last modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 03.15 EST The Germans might be rather slow on administering Covid vaccines to their citizens, but theyâre certainly not hanging about when it comes to coining words to describe elements of the pandemic. According to a new report from the Leibniz Institute for the German Language, more than 1,200 coronavirus-related words have been added to the language. And some are absolute zingers. For example, do you sport a Spuckschutzschirm (spit protection umbrella) or do you favour a Gesichtskondom (face condom)? And are you always punctilious in observing Anderthalb-Meter-Gesellschaft (one-and-a-half-metre society)?

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Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words

Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images A woman walks past a closed flower shop in Berlin on Thursday. A research group noted more than 1,200 new words in German inspired by the pandemic. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images The pandemic has changed how people talk and write. In English, dictionaries have noted a few dozen new entries and revisions: social distancing, frontliner, super-spreader, Zoom as a verb. But in Germany, lexicographers at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language have compiled more than 1,200 new words related to the coronavirus pandemic.

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COVID-19 Inspires 1,200 New German Words, Like Gesichtskondom, Or Face Condom

COVID-19 Inspires 1,200 New German Words, Like Gesichtskondom, Or Face Condom
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Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words

Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words
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Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words

Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words
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