Germans gave us frankfurter, hamburger, delicatessen, sauerkraut, noodle, pumpernickel, pretzel, kindergarden, dunk, dumb, loafer, bum, gabfest and slugfest.

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Yes, of course, I still regret not having been able to find those pumpernickel bagels in 2000 a setback I wrote about then in the tone that was becoming fashionable in memoirs of people confessing their dismal failures.

NEWYORKER: Land of the Seven Moles