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  1. 07-07-2008, 16:04 #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by King Henry V View Post
    The German for "exterminate" is actually "ausrotten", but never mind.


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    Are you trying to say that I, being german and all, made a mistake in my first post when I wrote "exterminieren"?

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    Well I always thought it was simply an adaption of a Latin word, rather than a proper German one. This seems to back me up, though admitedly the Duden does trump it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    Are you trying to say that I, being german and all, made a mistake in my first post when I wrote "exterminieren"?
    Well...

    I think English 'to exterminate' and German 'exterminieren' are false friends. That is, they appear to have the same meaning, but they do not. German exterminieren means 'to expel by force', not to 'exterpiate'. However, owing to the relative obscurity of the word 'exterminieren' in German, and their familiarity with the English verb 'to exterminate', many German speakers will mistake 'exterminieren' for an Anglocism, for sharing the English meaning.

    For all practical purposes, the Dalek German 'exterminieren' will be understood by both English and German audiences to mean the same. What's more, probably unintentionally, it is as funny and obscure in German as it is in English. Dalek 'Exterminieren' is an Anglogerman German Anglocism.

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