Many countries, including Germany, manifest a ‘word of the year’

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Recently, the Cambridge English Dictionary chose “manifest” as its 2024 English word of the year. Other languages also have words of the year. In Germany there’s the word of the year and also the “Youth Word of the Year,” which was recently announced. Each year since 2020, this German youth word of the year has appeared to be an English word. Host Carol Hills speaks with German journalist Annabell Burkhardt to understand why.

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