Word: frustrieren
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...with many languages, German vocabulary in the 20th century has become even more accessible to English speakers. In addition to all those words with a common etymology, the ranks of German words that are easily recognizable have been swelled by hundreds of borrowings from computer to frustrieren, a particular favorite among verbs. All in all, roughly a quarter of the most commonly used words in English and German are identical or similar enough to be understandable. Thus for the uninitiated, it is probably easier to pick up the gist of a conversation in German than one in most other languages...
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