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"Hippo" in German translates as "The horse of the Nile". It's such a fun language, with its word combinations.
Got a thing without name? I present "-Zeug"!
I love German.
It sounds like an Orc saying “zug.”
“Me take TPS report zug to work zug.”
No, a Zug ist a train. And it's probably late
Basically the same in English-- the etymology is PIE through Greek and Latin meaning river horse. Historians call horse/chariot stadiums from ancient Greece hippodromes.
Still called river horse in Swedish (flodhäst), not exclusive to the Nile though.
Lemmy told me that raccoon in German literally translates as "washing bear" and I still think about that at least once a week
Wash Rat in French
Its true for Dutch, so I'm sure it's true for German as well, in Dutch it's called a wasbeer
Tvättbjörn in Swedish
hurr hurr twat bear
de wasbeer im de kukstooel
Can confirm, Waschbär in German.
It's an amazing language. My favorite is the word for contraceptive pills: antibabypille!
Wait till you learn what “airplane”, “lighter”, and “tool” are.