Das geheime Leben der Wörter

Every word has its own history. Does German sometimes seem Spanish to you, too? No wonder! After all, we all communicate every day with thousands of words of which we know neither the exact meaning nor their origin. Or do you know what drugs have to do with dryness, why tables were smashed during a bankruptcy, and that the poor fellow's first name was Philipp? An enlightening and entertaining book for anyone who wants to know what's behind our words. *This book is a revised new edition of the title "Woher kommt das schwarze Schaf? "* published by dtv.