Frankfurter, Dachshund, abseil, Glockenspiel, Autobahn, Doppelgänger, ersatz, verboten, Wunderkind. Even Schadenfreude.
There are lots of useful German words that we regularly include in English.
But how about Verschlimmbesserung? An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were.
Is there a word in English that covers this very common situation?
And what would be your nominated “improvements”?
Of course, we need to be continuously trying out new things. Just that it’s not good to bet the bank on them before knowing the outcome.
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