The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed This is how French has influenced the German language Long before English became the lingua franca in Europe, another language was already making its mark on the German-speaking world. https://www.thelocal.de/20200904/this-is-how-french-has-influenced-the-german-language Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:16:55 +0200 this-is-how-french-has-influenced-the-german-language The German words we use every day - that are actually French Long before German became “Denglished”, it was en vogue to sprinkle one’s German with un peu français. In fact we still use French while speaking German every day without realizing it. https://www.thelocal.de/20180503/the-german-words-we-use-every-day-that-are-actually-french Thu, 03 May 2018 19:18:29 +0200 the-german-words-we-use-every-day-that-are-actually-french