East German language includes two divided vocabularies used in East Germany - the official Socialist one (Newspeak [1] ) and critically joking everyday life wording. [2] [3] [4]
The word 'Der Führer' (Adolf Hitler) was replaced:
- Führerschein - Fahrerlaubnis
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- Kader - personnel
- Grossvieheinheit - cow
- Winkelement - flag
- Jahresendflügelfigur - Christmass engel
- der antifaschistische Schutzwall - Berlin Wall
- Kollektiv - work team
- Tal der Ahnungslosen - two regions not able to receive TV programming from West Germany
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Category:German words and phrases Category:East Germany Category:Communist terminology