Germans get 5,000 new words to shout

Duden, the big yellow German dictionary, has added 5,000 new words in its latest edition.

Many of the new words are either based on new technology or from the English-speaking world.

"Twittern" has been added meaning to use Twitter.com along with "das It Girl" and "eine No-Go Area" which I am sure you can work out for yourself.

The Duden dictionary now has around 135,000 words compared to just 27,000 which were in the first edition published in 1880.

Other more German sounding words added include "Kreditklemme" which somehow makes the credit crunch sound even worse and "Komasaufen" meaning "binge-drinking".