Tumultism

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Under Turzismus refers borrowings ( foreign words and loanwords ) from the Turkish . Very seldom they are also called Turkism ; this form of the term is particularly common in Scandinavia .

Over 150 words are known in German, which are recorded in new lexicons and either come from Turkish or at least got into German via Turkish. Examples of this are kebab , yogurt and some other culinary expressions.

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Best: "Turzisms in German." In: Glottometrics 11, 2005, 56–63 (PDF full text ).