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EngineX@lemmy.zipM to European Memes@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 days ago

German is easy

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German is easy

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    Have some üüüüüüüüü’s, you seem in need.

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      I’ll throw in an ä, ö but also the odd ß.

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      If you don’t have any Ü’s available, you can substitute them with “ue”, that’s also what many German programmers have to do since programming with a German keyboard layout sucks.

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    ice/box/icebox. English is easy too 😎

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      Now try that with Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher (Eggshell breaking point causer?)

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        https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher

      • CombatWombat@feddit.online
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        Well you shoulda put that on the Vince McMahon image macro!

    • EngineX@lemmy.zipOPM
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      I agree :D

      • CombatWombat@feddit.online
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        I actually have no idea how hard English is relative to German because I haven’t studied either as a language student, so I can’t actually compare. It was just such an easy layup I couldn’t resist.

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    I’m feeling Krank, call a Krankenwagen to drive me to the Krankenhaus!

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      Dont forget your gesundheitskarte!

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    Same in Swedish:

    Coupboard - Skåp

    Cold - Kyla

    Fridge - Kylskåp

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    What’s the refrigerator’s gender?

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      Der - male

      Because it’s derived from "der Schrank*

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        I know he gets around, but you you didn’t have to call him a schrank.

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          Ok, I know, this is a joke, but I’m currently to dumb

          Calling someone “einen Schrank” in German usually means, that he is build like a tank

          But I’m really not good at making connections with different languages, so please help me out o⁠:⁠-⁠)

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            You and me, we’re both not anglophone enough to get it.

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            It shounds like skank in english.

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              Hop in the skanktank

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      The one in your kitchen is masculine. Others may be feminine.

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        So refrigerators can actually change their gender and swap pronouns?

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          Well, if he decides to lie down he becomes a Kühltruhe cooler chest, and therefore feminine.
          But if she grows up into a walk-in cooler she becomes masculine again as a Kühlraum or begehbarer Kühlschrank.

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            And if he decides to get a job and work in retail, he becomes feminine again with die Kühltheke

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    Every animal is either some kind of pig or some kind of dog.

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      My favourite is Schildkröte. A toad with a shield.

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        Nilpferd.

        Horse from the Nile river.

        Hippopotamus.

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          Hippo - horse

          Potamos - river

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            TIL!

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      deleted by creator

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    🐮L

  • a_party_german [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    those Germans really have a word for everything

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