Hier ist das Wechselgeld.

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#1
English Translation

Here’s the change.

I always thought it was just an oddity in the English language that the word “change” can mean either a modification to something (eine Änderung), or a switch from one thing to another (ein Wechsel), or small amounts of money left over from some transaction (das Trinkgeld). Imagine my surprise when seeing a German word like “Wechselgeld” - perhaps the extra meaning of “change” in English comes from German originally?

#2

Probably not…

Spanish: “Aquí está el cambio”

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#3

Or Dutch: “wisselgeld”

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#4

It seems to come from French.

The Old French word “change” means “recompense” in English:

The English language contains the word “change” apparently since the year 1200 and the word in the sense of “Wechselgeld” since around 1620.

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