Denglisch

Mixed German, English and French in a German department store

Denglisch is a term describing the increased use of anglicisms and pseudo-anglicisms in the German language. It is a portmanteau of the German words Deutsch (German) and Englisch. The term is first recorded from 1965.[1]

The word has been adopted in English in an anglicized form as Denglish, recorded from 1996.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of 'lishes': The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 23. DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam