New German

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New German is often ironic or derogatory for linguistic features of German that stand out as innovations and should be characterized as superfluous or inappropriate. In 1926, Tucholsky wrote an article critical of language, Der neudeutsche Stil , in which he opposed certain developments, especially in vocabulary ( foreign words , buzzwords ).

Examples of the use of Neudeutsch / Neudeutsch

  • The adjective neudeutsch is often used as an addition to determine linguistic forms of expression as an innovation. Typical are statements like: "We want to chill tonight ( New German for 'relax')" or vice versa: "We want to relax tonight ( New German : 'chill' ')". In other words, “neudeutsch” is added as a qualifying expression to a language that is not entirely in agreement.
  • The qualification New German is often applied to Anglicisms - in which case Denglish is also common as a ( derogatory ) term - for which the following quotations provide evidence: "German crime films (or New German: German Thriller)"; "Die Tendenz (New German the Trend )".
  • The designation is not limited to Anglicisms; it can also be applied to borrowings from other languages, as well as to developments in one's own language that appear to be unfamiliar. The expression also appears in titles; so in the book title: "Sprachgloss zum Neudeutsch." In the book - just like in the essay by Dieter E. Zimmer - linguistic abnormalities of all kinds and by no means only foreign language influences are dealt with.
  • As a noun New German, the expression has a less pejorative effect and can be understood quite neutrally in the sense of “contemporary German”. For example, when Zimmer reports on trends in German in his essay and by no means condemns them in principle, but can gain quite a few positive things. His statement: "New German is almost as rich in newly formed adjectives as it is in nouns ..." hardly allows any other understanding.

literature

  • Duden. German universal dictionary. 6th revised and expanded edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-05506-7 .
  • Dieter E. Zimmer: New German. Trends and drifts. In: ders .: RedensArten. About trends and madnesses in the new German language. Heyne, Munich 1986; Pp. 7-45. ISBN 3-453-09581-2 .
  • Grzega, Joachim; Name change: how, why, what for? Winter: Heidelberg, 2004, ISBN 3-8253-5016-9
  • Greber, Erika; Textile texts ( Pictura et Poesis ) Cologne [u. a.]: Böhlau, 2002, ISBN 3-412-14896-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ under the pseudonym Peter Panter in Die Weltbühne , April 6, 1926, No. 14, S: 540, reprint: Kurt Tucholsky: Gesammelte Werke 4, 1925-1926. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985, pp. 398-403. ISBN 3-499-29004-9
  2. ↑ http://www.comicforum.de/showthread.php?t=89905
  3. ^ Zimmer, Neudeutsch , p. 13
  4. ↑ Burckhard Garbe: Goodbye Goethe. New glossaries for new German. Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-451-05828-8
  5. ^ Zimmer, Neudeutsch , p. 14

Web links

Wiktionary: Neudeutsch  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: neudeutsch  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations