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Well, that depends on where you are. In Switzerland and Austria, the term ‘Penalty’ is used, whereas in Germany you will almost always hear ‘Elfmeter’. The reasons for this are historical: when football...

Our company name often gives rise to false assumptions in linguistic circles – but unfortunately none of us is closely related to the German linguist August Schleicher. On the other hand, the birthplace...

Lately, Goethe’s sorcerer’s apprentice has been springing to mind more and more often whenever I look at the world: on the one hand, when I read and hear about all the things AI is now capable of, and...

Recently, a German expert living in an English-speaking country did it again and talked about “Tarife”, when he actually meant “Zölle”. Typical false friend, because he had the English word “tariffs” in...