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minus-squareSpezi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoIt’s literally a 1:1 translation of Flamethrower. There are much better examples for long German words beeing short in English like Toy = Spielzeug (Play Stuff) Mall = Einkaufszentrum (Shopping Centre) Sale = Schlussverkauf (End sale) Matchbox = Streichholzschachtel (Swipe wood box) Lighter = Feuerzeug (Fire Creator)
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI don’t think that was intended as an example of a long German word being short in English. Rather, it was an example of the meaning of a word being clear from the word itself.
minus-squarehsdkfr734r@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoTo me it was both. The descriptive nature of words on the one hand and the word length which often comes with it on the other. Eichhörnchenschwanz is one more nice example (it also works with dialects: oachkatzlschwoaf - an oak cat’s tail) :D
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago🇳🇱 Eekhoorntjesstaart! (And vlammenwerper of course.)
minus-squarehsdkfr734r@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoGoogle insists that I must have mistyped eekhoorntjestaart. Who am I to argue? 🤷♀️
It’s literally a 1:1 translation of Flamethrower.
There are much better examples for long German words beeing short in English like
Toy = Spielzeug (Play Stuff)
Mall = Einkaufszentrum (Shopping Centre)
Sale = Schlussverkauf (End sale)
Matchbox = Streichholzschachtel (Swipe wood box)
Lighter = Feuerzeug (Fire Creator)
I don’t think that was intended as an example of a long German word being short in English. Rather, it was an example of the meaning of a word being clear from the word itself.
To me it was both. The descriptive nature of words on the one hand and the word length which often comes with it on the other.
Eichhörnchenschwanz is one more nice example (it also works with dialects: oachkatzlschwoaf - an oak cat’s tail) :D
🇳🇱 Eekhoorntjesstaart! (And vlammenwerper of course.)
Google insists that I must have mistyped eekhoorntjestaart. Who am I to argue? 🤷♀️