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@BlackIce GTS: Yes, the German word for corn is "Mais" (in Italian and Dutch too), in French the same word, but with two dots over the "i", in Danish and Swedish "majs".
Good to have the old tourist-dictionnaries
@Max: corn is coming from Mexico. Wikipedia.de says, that it was domesticated ca.2700 BC in the area of the Rio Balsas. The Spanish have brought corn to Europe in 1525.
@BlackIce GTS: "Korn" in German means all kind of grain. Misunderstandings are possible, because "corn" and "Korn" ist not the same!
By the way: shortly after the war, there were differences between the USA and Germany, after the USA had founded the "Marshall-Plan" to built up Europe again (to hold against the Soviets).
The hungry Germans have asked for "Korn", but the USA had delivered "corn" - and the Americans were getting angry, because the Germans weren't happy about that.
In America "corn"-products were always important and accepted food - in Germany "corn" was only used to feed chickens.
Before the WWII, the American influence in Western Europe was much smaller.
Good to have the old tourist-dictionnaries
@Max: corn is coming from Mexico. Wikipedia.de says, that it was domesticated ca.2700 BC in the area of the Rio Balsas. The Spanish have brought corn to Europe in 1525.
@BlackIce GTS: "Korn" in German means all kind of grain. Misunderstandings are possible, because "corn" and "Korn" ist not the same!
By the way: shortly after the war, there were differences between the USA and Germany, after the USA had founded the "Marshall-Plan" to built up Europe again (to hold against the Soviets).
The hungry Germans have asked for "Korn", but the USA had delivered "corn" - and the Americans were getting angry, because the Germans weren't happy about that.
In America "corn"-products were always important and accepted food - in Germany "corn" was only used to feed chickens.
Before the WWII, the American influence in Western Europe was much smaller.