The verb “boostern” has been named last year’s top English loan word in German. The Anglicism of the Year 2021 jury, led by linguist Professor Anatol Stefanowitsch from the Free University of Berlin, praised the speed with which it filled a gap in the vocabulary and the ease with which the word found its place in the grammatical system of German. In German, the verb “boostern” has replaced the usual term that translates as to refresh a vaccination. The Anglicism of the Year initiative announced on Tuesday that it differs in several respects from the existing German formulation. For example, “b…