Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to memes@lemmy.world · 15 days agoA language like a set of building blocks.feddit.orgimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
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minus-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoKrankenwagen = sick car = ambulance Krankenhaus = sick house = hospital German (as well as most of the germanic family) does word construction really well.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoDanish uses “hospital” as a word, but they also have “sygehus” (house of the sick). Apparently, English also has “sickhouse”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sickhouse#English
minus-square0ops@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoHelp I’m kranken, someone call a krankenwagon to take me to the krankenhaus before I krank again
Krankenwagen = sick car = ambulance
Krankenhaus = sick house = hospital
German (as well as most of the germanic family) does word construction really well.
Danish uses “hospital” as a word, but they also have “sygehus” (house of the sick).
Apparently, English also has “sickhouse”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sickhouse#English
Help I’m kranken, someone call a krankenwagon to take me to the krankenhaus before I krank again