Favourite words in different languages
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Here's my list of favourite words and expressions from other languages.
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[rediger] German
Zeitgeist. The "spirit of the time"
Vergangenheitsbewältigung. To take control of one´s past and history. "struggle to come to terms with the past" WP
Stauberater Queue advisor in stuck German Autobahn traffic
Alltagsgeschichte history of everyday life.
Festschrift a book written to commemorate an academic colleague published on the occasion of an anniversary, usually with no other connection to the person honored than the book's cover. WP
Ostalgie. Nostalgia for life in the former East Germany. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). WP
Kitsch. Art that is considered an inferior copy of an existing style. The term is also used more loosely in referring to any art that is pretentious or in bad taste, and also commercially produced items that are considered trite or crass. WP
Schadenfreude "pleasure taken from someone Else's misfortune." Also common in Norwegian and Danish as Skadefryd
[rediger] French
[rediger] Chinese
和谐 Harmony. Used all the time in Chinese neo-Confucian posters and propaganda like "Construct harmonious society"
版权 Copyright. Unknown in practise in China
言论自由 Free speech. Even more unknown
[rediger] Danish
Hygge. To enjoy yourself. Especially by drinking beer with friends and family in your garden, make good barbecue food and have fun. You also have "Hygge" in Norway, but doesn´t have the connotations of "hygge" in Denmark
[rediger] French
Enarques smb who have attended the super-elite college National School of Administration. Enarques hold the top ministerial offices and boardrooms.
Ras-le-bol disgruntlement. The Economist magazine summed it up as "we fear change, France is in decline, our children face an uncertain future, and we have no faith in the political class's ability to deal with all this!"
Laïcité
dirigiste belife in state intervention in the economy (by ENAs).
[rediger] Swedish
Skogstokig lit: Forest lunatic. Smb who has turned nuts.
Surströmling
[rediger] Italian
Posto fisso. A secure (government) job with some authority and decent salary so that the whole extended family may earn a living. Si non è vero è ben trovato even if it is not true, it is a good story
[rediger] English
Procrastination to postpone till tomorrow what you should have done today
Parcimonious "Thought economic" parsimony is in science the preference for the least complex explanation for an observation. This is generally regarded as good when judging hypotheses. Occam's Razor also states the "principle of parsimony"
Politics / Policy. Most European languages does not have the distinction btw theese two concepts.
Poison pill provision in company bylaws and articles of assosiation to make a take over hard and undesirable.
[rediger] Norwegian
Hytte. Summer house, cabin, lodge, "holiday house". A second home, only used during week-ends and holidays to relax. Normally situated in desolate places.
Dugnad voluntary community work. Elected Norway's national word in 2005!
Hæ?! What the F#
Uffda smt a Norwegian would say when shit happens (any severity)
Matpakke lunch box brought by most Norwegian to eat during lunch break instead of eating lunch outside. Matpakke is a result of social-democratic nutrition policies in the 1930s to 1950s.
