Word origins

• humanismThe study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.
• bertramA flowering plant of species Anacyclus pyrethrum.
• ziggyzigzaggy
• tryptophanAn essential amino acid with an indole side chain; present in many foods, especially chocolate, oats, banana and milk; it is essential for normal growth and development and is the precursor of serotonin and niacin; any specific form of this compound, or any derivative of it.
• KrausA surname
• blitzkriegA fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
• HeinekenAnything that reaches parts that other things cannot (after a slogan for the Heineken brand of beer).
• GuntherA male given name from German.
• EngelsA surname from German.
• SiegfriedA hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.
• OsterA surname.
• BollingerA surname from German.
• enderSomething which ends another thing.
• BRDSynonym of FRG (“Federal Republic of Germany”).
• tolueneA colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH₃.C₆H₅, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
• MindenA municipality in Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• ArminA male given name from German or Latin.
• lithographyThe process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it.
• rieslingA variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas.
• KrugmanA surname from German.
• KimmelA surname from German.
• DruckerA surname from German.
• plunderTo pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
• bustleAn excited activity; a stir.
• ReinerA male given name from German.
• HesseA state of modern Germany.
• PosnerA surname from German.
• dostA surname from German.
• berlinerA native or inhabitant of Berlin.
• OppenheimerA denizen of Oppenheim.
• BeecherA surname.
• SchuylerAn American surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation].
• JacobiA surname from German.
• KissingerA surname from German.
• EdelmanA surname from German.
• leerTo look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
• DeutscherA German man.
• reiterA German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
• BauhausA modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design.
• opaGrandfather, grandpa.
• zirconA mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
• boomsA surname.
• KurzweilA surname from German.
• phylogenyThe evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
• planktonOrganisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
• SchraderA surname.
• NPDThe National Democratic Party.
• FleischerA surname from German.
• balsamA sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
• schnauzerA dog of a particular breed originating in Germany.
• ZimmermannA surname from German.
• WeimarAn independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
• SchaferA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.
• HegelA surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
• SturmA surname from German.
• dafA large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.
• BechtelA surname from German.
• zinfandelA dry red wine of California.
• RiedelA surname from German, equivalent to English Ridge
• aspergerAn aspergillum.
• KafkaA surname from German.
• RudiA diminutive of the male given name Rudolf, from German.
• SchweitzerA surname from German.
• KornerA surname from German.
• RiemannPertaining to German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.
• BachmannA surname.
• MetzgerA surname.
• KlingonA member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.
• ZahnA surname from German.
• plasmodiumA mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.
• YoderA surname from German.
• mopsA pug dog.
• RosenbaumA surname from German.
• BlumenthalA surname from German.
• melamineA strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
• meisterA person of great skill or authority in a particular field.
• graffA steward; an overseer.
• BoehringerA surname from German.
• GlasA surname.
• WeiderA surname from German.
• spacetimeThe four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time.
• ErvinA surname.
• brashOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
• SIMMA surname.
• RosenfeldA surname.
• bellingBellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season
• KrogerA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
• delicatessenA shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
• LeibnizA surname from German — famously held by
• stoverFodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
• goersA surname from German.
• kitschArt, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
• gestaltA collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being). [simplified] An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.
• choraleA form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune.
• YeagerA surname.
• KlassA surname from German.
• seltzerA surname from German.
• EscherA surname from German.
• BaumannA surname.
• liederA surname from German.