As in English, using the word for “someone” throws the emphasis of the sentence on the unknown actor, rather than the act itself. Man, on the other hand, works much more like the English passive, an ...

Butchered words and incorrect grammar on WhatsApp and Twitter, and Anglicisms everywhere: For years, critics have been complaining that the German language is deteriorating. But are they right?

Apostrophes aren’t used to show possession in German in most cases, but the highest authority on the language is changing that. Here’s the scoop on the English ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ - and why critics ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In an essay describing the loathing that Ted Cruz's face seems to inspire, the neurologist Richard Cytowic resorts to the German ...

In recent years, Germans have used the asterisk to make gender-specific nouns gender-neutral. But the nation's most prominent language association now says the asterisk is not the best solution. The ...

The victory of Kim de l’Horizon, a nonbinary writer, in a top literary prize stirred a debate about how the German language can accommodate people who don’t identify as male or female. By Thomas ...