Most people are familiar with the word Kindergarten (literally child’s garden) and even some of
you may know the word Schadenfreude (literally pain-joy meaning taking joy in someone’s
misfortune) but there are many other German-derived or adopted words that we use everyday in
America. Please share with us the words you know along with an explanation or source. This
way, everyone learns something, and of course we’ll say what we learned in kindergarten:
Dankeschön!