The word of the year (German: Wort des Jahres, pronounced [ˌvɔʁt dɛs ˈjaːʁəs] ⓘ) is an annual publication by the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, established in 1971 (on a regular basis since 1977).
Each December, a German word or word group is named in a linguistic review of the year.
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