TIL that "aspirin" was actually originally a trademarked brand name owned by Bayer.

They also sold infected plasma knowingly

Yep, so named because it was a heroisch (heroic; strong) painkiller.

Even more than that, it's a verb. "Have you done the hoovering yet?" or "Don't make a mess, I just hoovered" are both perfectly normal sentences here. 😃

And in US cities, people often take their trash to the Dumpster. Originally, it was a model name of a bin called Dempsey's Dumpster.

Apparently it was related to some marketing campaign that Hoover had, way back. Where, if you bought a product you either got a discount off a return plane ticket to America or you got them outright.

As a result, there was a huge uptick in the number of people buying Hoovers in the UK, to the point that they actually became synonymous.

Originaly a hot, dry wind in the Alps. Hence the brand name.

That must be where the swedish word comes from then: "Hårfön"

I didn't know that

Also Knirps for collapsible umbrellas.

It's often called ASA in medical usage.

You are mistaken, but it's such an easy mistake to make as you'll see. Adrenaline is the name for the naturally occuring hormone.

A brand name, and trademarked name (in the US) for the drug which consisted of extracted Adrenaline, Was "Adrenalin".

Even better. There's a generic that just abbreviates the German name of the active substance for its name: AcetylSalicylSäure