Russian loanwords in german

The article attempts to present the impact of the co-existence of the Slavic and Germanic world on the formation of Slavic loanwords in German. The study focuses chiefly on the Russian loanwords in German. It presents and describes cultural, historical, political, and economic reasons for the transf...

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Main Author: Marek, Rafał
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Polish
Published: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2014
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Online Access:https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/968046.pdf
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Summary:The article attempts to present the impact of the co-existence of the Slavic and Germanic world on the formation of Slavic loanwords in German. The study focuses chiefly on the Russian loanwords in German. It presents and describes cultural, historical, political, and economic reasons for the transfer of the lexical elements of Russian origin to German. The aforementioned factors include: the impact of the hanseatic trade, political alliances, and conflicts. The work refers to loanwords of Russian origin that entered German throughout the ages. The article provides examples of words that describe typical Russian phenomena (e.g. Tundra), which counterparts had not existed in German before.