Denglish, Hip-Hop phrases, and internet slang – the key features of German youth language
When older people listen to a group of German teenagers today, they often only understand fragments of a sentence. A lot has changed since the 1960s, when the generation that wanted to distance itself from the ruling class used words like “cool”. In the following, we will take a look at the increasingly popular mix of English, German, Hip-Hop slang, and internet language.
