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submitted 4 months ago by federino to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

gratis means free, but only in the sense that it dosen‘t cost money. So it seems like a valid use for the word.

Is there an english equivalent?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gratis and libre used usually to differenciate the terms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre

Both of them are latin words so I expect they show up in similar forms in most European languages. Free is a Germanic origin word.

In Hungarian we use the word Gratis as well with Hungarian spelling: "Grátisz" even though Hungarian is not an Indo-European language. Libre is not used in common speech here.

I don't get what @[email protected] wanted to say

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I find it very confusing when german words are used to mean something different that their english counterparts.

So in english: free ≠ gratis ≠ libre fear ≠ Angst car ≈ Auto (i heard it used for a car with a automatic transmission and also a few years ago as a term for a selfdriving car)

But also the other way around In Swiss-German: Bus ≠ Car (First one being a trolleybus in a city, second one a bus that takes a schoolclass on a trip.)

I am aware that words like "gratis" or "auto" are not exclusive to german, I guess that gave me the downvotes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No, you got downvoted because you were insulting and incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Gratuitous can be used to mean the same thing, but English speakers also use gratis

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Is there an english equivalent?

Yes: "gratis".

English is literally about mugging other languages in a backalley for words (and boning them for grammar). It's the ISO standard procedure.