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====German==== {{See also|Denglisch}} German pseudo anglicisms often have multiple valid and common ways of writing them, generally either hyphenated ''(Home-Office)'' or in one word ''(Homeoffice)''.<ref name="duden.de">{{Cite web|title=Duden {{!}} Homeoffice {{!}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Homeoffice|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www.duden.de|language=de}}</ref> German speakers, especially teachers, often refer to pseudo-anglicisms as ''false friends'', a translation of the German term that may itself count as a pseudo anglicism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/words/false_friends.htm|title=Englisch-Hilfen: Falsche Freunde|website=www.englisch-hilfen.de}}</ref> <!-- please sort every new entry alphabetically --> * ''Beamer'' β a [[video projector]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duden {{!}} Beamer {{!}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Beamer|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.duden.de|language=de}}</ref> * ''Bodybag β'' a [[messenger bag]] * ''Dressman'' β a male model (Onysko calls this the 'canonical example' of a pseudo-anglicism.{{sfn|Onysko|2007|p=52}}) * ''Flipper'' β a [[pinball machine]]<ref name="german.yabla.com">{{Cite web|url=https://german.yabla.com/lesson-German-Pseudo-Anglicisms-542|title = German Pseudo-Anglicisms β Yabla German β Free German Lessons}}</ref> * ''Funsport'' β a sport played for amusement, such as [[skateboarding]] or [[frisbee]]<ref name="anderson" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Duden {{!}} Funsport {{!}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Funsport|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www.duden.de|language=de}}</ref> * ''Handy'' β a mobile phone<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sparhandy.de/handy-kaufen/|title=Handy ohne Vertrag: Angebote MΓ€rz 2023|website=www.sparhandy.de}}</ref> * ''Jobticket'' β a free pass for public transport provided by an employer for employees<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duden {{!}} Jobticket {{!}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Jobticket|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.duden.de|language=de}}</ref> * ''Oldtimer'' β an [[antique car]]<ref name="anderson"/> * ''Shooting'' β a photoshoot<ref name="german.yabla.com"/> * ''trampen'' (verb) β hitchhiking<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duden {{!}} Trampen {{!}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/trampen|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.duden.de|language=de}}</ref> * ''mobbing'' β bullying
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