Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 1 year agoLearning a new language is easy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down17
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minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkfedilink18•edit-21 year agoIn English, I like to think it would be a “thingie.” Like Germans are constantly trying to remember the word “lighter” and they’re like, “you know, the whatsit, the… fire… thingie.”
minus-square@wieson@feddit.orglinkfedilink-2•1 year agoNo, it’s literally not. It is “tool” or “gadget”. Not just any object or dingsbums. Zeug used to mean something different back in the day.
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkfedilink12•1 year agoSorry, I wasn’t clear about that being a tongue in cheek remark.
In English, I like to think it would be a “thingie.” Like Germans are constantly trying to remember the word “lighter” and they’re like, “you know, the whatsit, the… fire… thingie.”
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No, it’s literally not. It is “tool” or “gadget”. Not just any object or dingsbums.
Zeug used to mean something different back in the day.
Sorry, I wasn’t clear about that being a tongue in cheek remark.
It’s that German humor.