Mykina E.A.

The authors of the article attempt to find out what phonetic features of the German language can give it "rigidity" in sound; to figure out whether these features are really relevant for modern native speakers and whether they are part of the oral speech of Germans.

The article discusses new words that have appeared in the last two years (2020 - 2022) in the German language due to global events, changes in the world, as well as borrowings as their result: both direct borrowings from the English language and replacements of German words.