Sentence examples for german root from inspiring English sources

English's Germanic cousins are more vivid: German calls it Karfreitag, from an old German root chara, meaning lamentation.

Having toured the brewery, I can tell you that the word "lager" comes from the German root "to store or lay down".

I hadn't realised until the other day, as I schlepped a bag of books from New Jersey to New York, that the Yiddish term schlep and the northern dialect term slipe go back to the very same Low German root.

Hermann also officially celebrates its German roots.

AMERICA'S German roots are rich and strong.

Strudel, a nod to his German roots, was made without cinnamon.

Von Trier's offending words came in response to a question about his German roots.

And Deutsche Bank's German roots are becoming more tenuous, in any event.

"All types of kids in multilingual areas," including those with German roots, speak Kiezdeutsch.

Half his menu is inspired by his father's German roots.

The annual Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth, for instance, pays tribute to the community's German roots but enjoys broad appeal.