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> I love this about English! We are the most prolific word thieves of all time.

It's impressive. English language: ~500,000 words. German language: ~135,000 words.

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Where do these numbers come from?

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Multiple sources have those approximate numbers. Here's one: https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-how-many-english-wo...

"Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, together with its 1993 Addenda Section, includes some 470,000 entries. The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, reports that it includes a similar number."