German words of the year for 2003

From german.about.com: Selected by Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache.
The German words of the year

das alte Europa - Donald Rumsfeld's "old Europe" phrase became a badge of honor in Germany

Agenda 2010 das - Chancellor Schröder's (SPD) label for his reform plans

Reformstreit der - the fighting over "Agenda 2010"

SARS/Sars das - the worldwide disease outbreak (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

eingebettete Journalisten - imbedded journalists (in Iraq)

Maut-Desaster das - failure of an autobahn toll/tax proposal

Steuerbegunstigungsabbaugesetz das - legislation to end tax advantages

Jahrtausendglut die - Europe's heat wave in the summer of 2003; rhymes with Jahrtausendflut, a 2002 Word of the Year referring to the devastating eastern German floods that year; the Swiss called the heat wave the Jahrtausendsommer.

googlen - to "google" (use a search engine)

Alcopops pl. - sweet (soda-pop-like) alcoholic drinks [ugh, 'wine coolers' in Germany]

Satz des Jahres 2003:

Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS) = Germany seeks the superstar (TV show)

The website of the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache is here: German or English.
And here is the page with the German words of the year back to 1971.

Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing. --Psalm 146:1-4 NIV