Refugees is Word of the Year 2015 – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

 
 
 
 
 
          Refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos. (Archive photo)
     

 
                                                  

 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

“refugees” has been named word of the year 2015th It is deeply rooted in the German word stem and stand for the central theme, the company established for the German Language (GfdS) in Wiesbaden on Friday the decision.

                         
         
         
                                                             
                                 

In second place landed “Je suis Charlie”, the worldwide solidarity slogan after the terrorist attack on 7 January on the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris. Followed by “Grexit”, the word structure for the debate about an exit of the crisis-ridden Greece from the euro zone, in third place. The jury had chosen a phrase from around 2500 proposals, which had determined linguistically particularly the political, economic and social life of one year.

                         
         
         
                                                             

In 2014, the Berliner was “light limit” Fall of the Wall anniversary the word of the year. The linguistic spirit of the times had in previous years – hit the abbreviation GroKo (2013), the rescue routine (2012) and the stress test (2011)

– after the jury’s verdict.
                                 

 
  

 
 
 
                       

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“refugees” word of the year named

The Society for the German language, the word of the year 2015 has been announced. The winning word was selected from 2500 proposals.

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