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List Of German Words Of French Origin
This is a list of German words and expressions of French origin. Some of them were borrowed in medieval times, some were introduced by Huguenot immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries and others have been borrowed in the 19th and 20th centuries. German Wiktionary lists about 120,000 German words without declensions and conjugations. Of these, more than 2300 words (about 2%) are categorized as German terms derived from French. A *à la carte * Abenteuer (adventure), from Middle High German ''āventiure'', borrowed from Old French ''aventure'' * Abonnement (subscription) * abonnieren (to subscribe) * Accessoire (accessory) *ade (bye), from Old French ''adé'' * adieu *Admiral (admiral) * Adresse (address) * adressieren (to address), from French ''adresser'' * adrett (neat), from French ''adroit'' * Affäre (affair), borrowing from French ''affaire'' * Affront (affront) * Akkord (music chord, piecework), from French ''accord'' * akkreditieren (to accredit), from French ''accr ...
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German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the ...
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Allianz
Allianz ( , ) is a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management. The company is one of the world's largest insurers and financial services groups. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Its asset management division, which consists of PIMCO, Allianz Global Investors and Allianz Real Estate, has €2,432 billion of assets under management (AuM), of which €1,775 billion are third-party assets (Q1 2021). Allianz sold Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank in November 2008. History Foundation ''Allianz AG'' was founded in Berlin on 5 February 1890 by then-director of the ''Munich Reinsurance Company'' Carl von Thieme (a native of Erfurt, whose father was the director of the insurance company ''Thuringia'') and Wilhelm von Finck (co-owner of the ''Merck Finck & Co. Bank''). The joint company was listed in Berlin's trade register under the name ''A ...
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Allee
Allee is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Allee Willis (1947–2019), American songwriter Surname * Alfred Allee aka ''Alfred Y. Allee'' (1855–1896), American sheriff * Alfred Young Allee (1905–1987), American sheriff * David Allee (born 1969), American photographer * J. Frank Allee (1857–1938), American merchant and politician * Verna Allee (born 1949), American business consultant * Warder Clyde Allee (1885–1955), American ecologist, discoverer of the Allee effect * William Allee (1852–1916), American politician, Missouri senator Ecology *Allee effect discovered by and named for Warder Clyde Allee See also *Ally (name), given name and surname *Allie Allie is a unisex given name, a nickname and, more rarely a surname. It is a diminutive form of several names beginning with ''Al-''. It may refer to: Given name or nickname Female * Allie (wrestler) (born 1987), Canadian professional wrestler * ...
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Aktuell
RTL aktuell is a German television news programme broadcast on the commercial station RTL. The main 20-minute bulletin airs every evening at 18:45 CET, supplemented by a breakfast news bulletin (''Punkt 6'', ''Punkt 7'', and ''Punkt 8'' formerly ''Guten Morgen Deutschland''), a lunchtime magazine programme (''Punkt 12''), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News) and a late night bulletin (''RTL Nachtjournal''). Weekend bulletins are branded as ''RTL aktuell Weekend''. RTL aktuell was launched in 1988 as the direct replacement for 7 vor 7, and since 11 September 2010 it is broadcast in HD. Presenters Correspondent * Antonia Rados (Chief international correspondent) Awards In 2007, ''RTL aktuell'' won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German TV award'') in the category of ''Beste Informationssendung'' (''Best News Broadcast''). Market share Market shares of RTL aktuell in the target audience A target audience is the intended audience or readership of a ...
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Akrobatik
Jared Bridgeman, better known by his stage name Akrobatik, is an American rapper from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is also a part of the hip hop collective named The Perceptionists with Mr. Lif and DJ Fakts One, which released ''Black Dialogue'' in 2005. Career In 1998, Akrobatik released his first single, "Ruff Enough", on Boston's Detonator Records label. It was followed by "Internet MCs" and "Say Yes Say Word". His music has appeared on television series such as HBO's ''The Wire'' and ESPN's ''Playmakers'', in films such as ''Date Movie'' and ''Wholetrain'', and in video games such as '' NBA Live '06'', ''Amplitude'', ''Frequency'', and '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted''. In 2003, Akrobatik released an album, ''Balance'', on Coup D'état. It ranked at number 4 on CMJ's "Hip-Hop 2003" chart. In December 2005, Akrobatik signed to Fat Beats Records. The Brooklyn-based label released his second studio album, ''Absolute Value'', in 2008. It received ...
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