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»Corona pandemic« is the word of the year 2020

2020-11-30T13:05:19.194Z


In any case, the word for 2020 is not "imaginative". Instead, the German Language Society chose the term "corona pandemic". What they do not say.


The word "corona pandemic" was often expected as the word of the year 2020, writes the jury of the Society for German Language in its reasoning for its choice.

And in fact, unsurprisingly, the term won the race.

As the word of the year, "Corona pandemic" not only stands for what Chancellor Merkel and many experts consider the worst crisis since World War II, but also for a multitude of new word formations, the jury wrote in its message.

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