Name: 德國製造的10個日語單詞 (10 Japanese Words made in GERMANY)
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If you don't understand German be sure to click on the gear symbol...

there are some! So let's go and do this in German.

Today's topic are 10 German words that are being used in Japan.

"Heim" can be used for an old people's caretaking home, or an residential home.

In Japan it is being used a little bit differently.

Sometimes you see titles like "XY HEIM" or....

This is generally being used as a name for houses.

Sometimes when I walk down the streets I get really surprised...

because here you can give a name to a house or an apartment block.

"Heim" meaning home is used in connection to living somewhere.

So HEIM! When you are here, look around at the houses...

Try reading the names, sometimes in Katakana even,

and you will be surprised how often some choose German names.

The German "Arbeit" can be used as ARUBAITO or shortened to BAITO in Japanese.

That does not mean the work you are doing at an office though.

It used for little part time jobs that you can do, where you are not fully employed.

This word is getting used so widely in Japan, that everyone knows it.

Many Japanese have integrated this word so much that many don't even know it's originally German.

I used to use "BAITO" until someone told me "That's from you German guys!"

And I said "No we don't have BAITO" and they kept saying "Yes you do it's a German word!"

Until I got told that the long version ARUBAITO is the German word Arbeit for work.

Number 3 is "Gelände" or GERENDE. This word is commonly used for skiing in Japan.

Surprisingly it is not French or English that is used in this situation.

They use German instead. Makes me a little bit happy.

Maybe it's because we are a skiing nation.... oh sorry please go ahead!

Maybe it's because we are said to be a skiing nation.

There are many ski resorts here and I often see Australians coming over

You can come to ski in Japan, and keep your eyes open for the German GERENDE word.

Not in the sense of "Speed up" but in the sense of "Gummibears"

First I thought it was from the English but it comes from the German Gummi Bears.

So the sweet snacks you have at home or in your supermarket.

The reason for that being is that Haribo is fairly popular here in Japan.

By now you can even buy it in larger supermarkets and similar stores.

Because Haribo fought its way up, Gummi describes all kinds of

squishy jelly sweets that you can get here in Japan.

Märchen come from fairietales and similar.

In Japan it will also be used for the fairytale aesthetic

Sometimes used to describe romantic and faiytale-esque things.

Many thought it is an English word "Märchen" of course Umlauts are hard to pronounce

That's why the word sounds a litte different from its original form.

If often used in commercials and to describe certain products in Japan.

People seem to like using it as flashy word.

To make something sound more exciting and underline it a bit more.

Interesting as we won't use that word like that.

In this case Japanese know it's a foreign word and like the ring of that.

It's especially used to emphasise something as cool.

One of the biggest trade fair areas in Tokyo is called "Makuhari Messe"

I only realized that after looking German words up online ...

That's right! Even the Makuhari Messe station is called right that! I was like...

Thank you! I am glad to see some German being used here too.

The reason for that being is that the German medical system used to influence the Japanese system.

That's why here instead of X-Ray the word Röntgen is used.

That did surprise me too, but thinking about it it made sense.

And that is why... I will talk about the medical system a little bit more in the next point

Number 9 we will stay with the Japanese medical system.

"Karte" is the word used for the patient's card at hospitals in Japan.

The long German "Patientenkarte" is abbreviated to Karute.