Tom Pugh - tom.pugh@thelocal.com
Published: 13 Oct, 2026 CET. Updated: Tue 13 Oct 2026 14:56 CET
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If your children, students or younger colleagues in Germany keep using familiar English words in unfamiliar ways, this year’s Youth Word of the Year may explain why.
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