Threatened German words/Bedrohte Wörter
am 02.04.2006 von http://transblawg.eu
Following the recent entry on adopting German words,
Sonja linked to the Bedrohte Wörter project (via akademie.de/eintrag/1000/bedrohte-woerter-sammlung).
This is a much more sensible project, as it has a list (rote Liste) of specifically threatened words, albeit only one per letter of the …
Threatened German words/Bedrohte Wörter
Transblawg / Following the recent entry on adopting German words, Sonja linked to the Bedrohte Wörter project (via akademie.de/eintrag/1000/bedrohte-woerter-sammlung). This is a much more sensible project, as it has a list (rote Liste) of specifically thre…
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