“My grandma in Southern Illinois used that and other German words, but as a kid I thought they were just made up.”įor all The Local’s guides to learning German CLICK HERE “I think I knew it, but in Michigan basically everyone is part German,” says Emily, a Berlin-based expat from Detroit. “I would say it because my parents do, but I never thought about it until recently,” says Californian Lisa, 33, who never consciously considered the meaning of the word until taking a first trip to Germany last year.įor others the origins of Gesundheit are more obvious. That explains why it’s still a common phrase to hear in the Midwest, and as far out West as California. Yet the word remained a salute until shortly before World War II, with the Merriam Webster Dictionary even defining it as “Gesundheit n. “Everything with the enemy’s taint – even his language – is barred at the Art Club, as the first step to banning German from club circles,” the newspaper states, pointing out that languages from Germany’s allies at the time, such as Turkish, Bulgarian and Czech, were also completely forbidden.
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This shows in an article from the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Telegraph which describes how Gesundheit was verboten through a full ban at one social organisation, with a preference for a more English greeting. The word “Gesundheit!” swells the toast of praise.īut the popularity of Gesundheit in the US began to die down when anti-German sentiment swelled before World War II. When thro’ the long-drawn glass and cool beer vault If memory o’er their tomb no trophies raise, Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, Paul Daily Globe showcases Gesundheit as a salute: Or in a more literary context, an 1892 poem from the St. It is not found in impure water, but in the pure invigorating brews of the Home Brewing Company.”
The caption below simply states “Gesundheit!”Īnother ad from the Indianapolis (Indiana) Daily Journal in 1896 says that “Gesundheit means health. An ad in the Kansas City Journal from the Ferd Heim Brewing Company in 1898 features a girl in pigtails on the back of a goat, animatedly raising a glass of beer. It was also commonly used as a toast, and featured in several advertisements for beer. One short article in the Jamestown (then Dakota territory) Weekly Alert of 1895 titled “Gesundheit!” gives thanks for “A fine fat dear weighing 170 pounds (77 kg)” which the newspaper received as a gift.
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Install language packages for offline translation on mobile devices and download PROMT AGENT, a plugin for pop-up translation in any Windows app, with a PREMIUM subscription.Back then, the word was actually used as a toast or to give gratitude.
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