If German was English
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Needs more hand shoes.
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Witzig, sehr witzig
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Witzig, sehr witzig
Ich bedanke mich.
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Or thing.
Either is a better translation than stuff.
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Coincidentally, I just watched a video on that sort of thing the other day: Anglish: English without the 'foreign' bits
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Or thing.
Either is a better translation than stuff.
Thing is litterally Ding in German. The term Zeug on its own stands for for all the stuff you need to have at hand to perform some task.
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Thing is litterally Ding in German. The term Zeug on its own stands for for all the stuff you need to have at hand to perform some task.
So Flugzeug is flight all the stuff to fly like an airport and fuel and air and engine and.....
And Werkzeug is work all the stuff to work with.
And Spielzeug.... play, all the stuff that can make up play.
Nope, doesn't make much sense, especially because they're used in the singular and plural forms. If they include all the things for the task then it can't really be plural.
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German is weird in more ways, namely word ordering
Nope, germanic was first, you guys did it weird.
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Tool is Werkzeug (work stuff). "Zeug" is a filler word for when you don't remember the name so it fits.
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This actually helped me understand a little more why Germans I've met are so matter-of-fact and talk in flat statements without nuance.
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German... the Language of Love
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So Flugzeug is flight all the stuff to fly like an airport and fuel and air and engine and.....
And Werkzeug is work all the stuff to work with.
And Spielzeug.... play, all the stuff that can make up play.
Nope, doesn't make much sense, especially because they're used in the singular and plural forms. If they include all the things for the task then it can't really be plural.
The meaning in terms of a singular object has evolved from the meaning in terms of a kit of objects, e.g. Feuerzeug was originally a flint stone and a fire striker, Nähzeug (sewing kit) and Sportzeug (sports equipment) are still being used in that manner.
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No german would ever talk like that. Correct would be "Sie dürfen keine Feuerzeuge mit ins Flugzeug nehmen" (You are not allowed to bring lighters into the aircraft).
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Coincidentally, I just watched a video on that sort of thing the other day: Anglish: English without the 'foreign' bits
I've loved Anglish for a long time, but my favorite example is Uncleftish Beholding a scientific paper written in Anglish. "Stuff" turns out to be a pretty logical way to explain shit.
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[email protected] has a leak sprung!
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I would argue that the correct translation of Zeug is more like "thing". Wagen would be "car" in the context of the cartoon. But then it wouldn't sound absurd and their lowball attempt at humor wouldn't work.
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I oversimplified a bit! Sorry!
Words always shift over time and borders. The words "recu" and "receive/receipt" are pretty close and used to be closer. To be more accurate it was "receite" when they adopted it from French. Compared to Latin "recepta" which has a hard P in it. So adding "P" from Latin to the spelling as "receipt" but leaving the pronunciation as Anglo-French "receite" was the most silly part.
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I would argue that the correct translation of Zeug is more like "thing". Wagen would be "car" in the context of the cartoon. But then it wouldn't sound absurd and their lowball attempt at humor wouldn't work.
Specifically a tool, like a Werkzeug for example.
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I oversimplified a bit! Sorry!
Words always shift over time and borders. The words "recu" and "receive/receipt" are pretty close and used to be closer. To be more accurate it was "receite" when they adopted it from French. Compared to Latin "recepta" which has a hard P in it. So adding "P" from Latin to the spelling as "receipt" but leaving the pronunciation as Anglo-French "receite" was the most silly part.
Well, English is always silly with the various silent letters. The worst are the silent letters that nonetheless change the pronunciation of the non-silent letters nearby.
Like, I saw a place today named "something-valu", with no "e" on the end. With no "e" it should really be pronounced "valoo". Adding the "e" somehow changes it to "valyoo". Rather than changing the vowel sound, it adds a consonant-like /j/ sound (IPA) to the start of that syllable.
