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German words / Words coming from German roots

doppelganger

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/
us/kirk-killing-suspect-online-chat.html

Gesundheit        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/02/
582477000/when-the-flu-hits-campus-the-gesundheit-machine-will-be-ready

schadenfreude        USA

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/13/
nx-s1-5538476/charlie-kirk-jobs-target-social-media-critics-resign

zeitgeist        USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/15/
1123108825/the-concept-of-quiet-quitting-has-captured-the-post-pandemic-zeitgeist

Zeppelin        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/1928/10/11/
archives/zeppelin-started-studies-in-america-originator-of-the-dirigible.html

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