German seems to create new words with a productive frenzy.
Fremdschämen (second-hand embarrassment), twittern (to tweet) and Abwrackprämie (car-scrap bonus) are just three of the many new words that made it into the current edition of the Duden dictionary in 2009.
Is the existing German word pool insufficient?
www.goethe.deDie lexikalische Produktionswut des Deutschen scheint bemerkenswert.
Fremdschämen, twittern und Abwrackprämie sind nur drei der vielen neuen Wörter, die es 2009 in die aktuelle Ausgabe des Dudens geschafft haben.
Reicht der bestehende deutsche Wortschatz etwa nicht aus?
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