1. die Wendung, -en: phrase

2. eingehen in etwas (acc): the literal translation of this verb will help you understand.

3. Click here for short information on ‘Kanak Sprak’. Click here for information on the Turkish-German author who coined the phrase.

4. brechen, bricht, brach, gebrochen

5. jemandem/etwas (dat) etwas nehmen: to take away something from someone/something. You need to look for the dative object, which here is a pronoun. Make sure you understand which noun this pronoun refers to.

6. Which feminine noun does sie refer to?

7. verschlucken : ‘to swallow’. It does not quite mean that literally here.

8. der Tonfall: tone, melody of speech

9. die fast reines Hochdeutsch sprechenden Leute: this is a participial construction which replaces a relative clause.

10. sich anpassen an (acc): to adjust to

11. es geht.... zu (impersonal): things are....in

12. der Zeuge, -en: witness; bezeugen: to witness, to testify

13. die Entlehnung, -en : loan

14. gelten, gilt, galt, gegolten, with dative object: to apply, to be valid

15. Click here for information about the German spelling reform.

16. The Deutsche Sprachpreis was established by the Henning-Kaufmann Foundation in 1984. It is an award given to authors for the use of good, comprehensible standard German.

17. Das Streiflicht is a regular column in the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

18. The Jacob-Grimm-Preis was established in 2001 and is an award given to authors for work of outstanding merit in promoting the recognition and development of German as a cultural language.