The Scripps National Spelling Bee carries $ 40,000 in prize money, for which Snigdha Nandipati, whose family had Indian roots, had to spell her way through 13 rounds against her competitors.
That German words play a major role in winning the contest is also shown by the fact that Stuti Mishra, also 14, failed to spell “Schwärmerei” correctly, thus forfeiting his chance of winning.
And 12 year-old Arvind Mahankali of New York, who took third place, was unable to correctly spell the originally German word “schwannoma” (a type of tumor).
www.goethe.deScripps National Spelling Bee ist mit $ 40.000 US-Dollar Preisgeld dotiert, für das Snigdha Nandipati, deren Familie indische Wurzeln hat, 13 Runden lang gegen Mitbewerber anbuchstabieren musste.
Dass die deutschen Wörter eine große Rolle beim Gewinn des Wettbewerbs spielen, zeigte sich, als der ebenfalls 14-jährige Stuti Mishra an dem Begriff „Schwärmerei” scheiterte und so seine Siegeschancen vergab.
Auch der Drittplatzierte, der 12-jährige Arvind Mahankali aus New York schaffte es nicht, das ursprünglich deutsche Wort „schwannoma" (eine Art Tumor) fehlerfrei zu buchstabieren.
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