Wiesbaden, Germany (dpa) – “Corona-Pandemie” (coronavirus pandemic) has been selected as the German language’s Word of the Year for 2020, experts announced on Monday.
In keeping with the theme, the word “lockdown” got second place, the Association for the German Language (GfdS) said.
A jury of linguists analysed media entries and other submissions to pick the terms that have most shaped political, economic and social life in German this year.
The majority of terms in this year’s top-10 ranking were in some way related to the current pandemic.
The phrase “Black Lives Matter” was listed in fourth place.
Previous “Word of the Year” winners include “post-factual” in 2016, “refugee” in 2015 and “financial crash” in 2008.
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