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[–] spankinspinach 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I know it's not likely, but I REALLY like the idea of "handcar"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's not exactly handcar, but "vehicle" in german is "drivething" (Fahrzeug).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I love how they jam words together to make new words. As I understand it, German is easier to learn because the bigger words are made of smaller words glued together instead of creating new words with no clues. I got this from a book on the history of the English language, which I will again promote because it was so fun to read:

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Plane is Fly Thing (Flugzeug)

[–] spankinspinach 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You know, I know just enough German to have wondered how -zeug fit into things and now I know and I'm pretty happy about drive and fly things 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Are you also happy about play things (toys), fire things (lighters), hit things (drums), work things (tools) and green things (greenery)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] spankinspinach 4 points 1 week ago

Okay well yes when you point out the obvious and valid English word handcar I see how this is a dumb comment haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

See I'd much prefer one woth pedals, like a bike.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I don't think it would be very practical. It's so heavy you have to use your entire body weight to get it going.