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Lexicography

A man holds a sign that says "zero COVID" wearing a winter jacket and hat outside in front of chancellery in Berlin.

Vaccine envy? There’s a German word for that.

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In Germany, the pandemic has ushered in a new crop of vocabulary words like impfneid, the feeling of resentment that other people are getting vaccinated before you.

A copy of the Merriam-Webster English dictionary.

What happens when the dictionary is just a website? We’ll soon find out

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