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| dumbl3d0re Newbie United States Joined 4728 days ago 11 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 25 of 33 29 May 2014 at 8:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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My favorite word in German is "Artillerie." We're
watching The Downfall in my German class and I'm taking every opportunity to comment on the artillery in the movie. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4670 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes  Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 26 of 33 29 May 2014 at 5:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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My favorite words in Croatian:
paun (peacock), pauk (spider), pakao (hell), java (reality), san (dream/sleep), dan (day), malina (raspberry), nevera (storm) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4328 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 27 of 33 29 May 2014 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I love the German word for "gloves": Handschuh. "Hand" is the same as in English, and "Schuh" means "Shoe". Hand shoes! Edited by nicozerpa on 29 May 2014 at 5:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arnaud25 Diglot Senior Member France Joined 3844 days ago 129 posts - 235 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Russian | Message 28 of 33 29 May 2014 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I like the russian word далеко (far, away), it sounds beautiful to my ear, it reminds me the echo reverberating on the distant mountains
I also like some words like блин: it has the double meaning of "darn it!" and "pancake" :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| drygramul Tetraglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4470 days ago 165 posts - 269 votes Speaks: Persian, Italian*, EnglishC2, GermanB2 Studies: French, Polish | Message 29 of 33 29 May 2014 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
Isn't that a French word? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Maecenas23 Triglot Newbie Ukraine Joined 4613 days ago 21 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Ukrainian*, Russian, English Studies: German | Message 30 of 33 04 July 2014 at 6:12am | IP Logged | |||||
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My favourite German word is Firmament
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| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4830 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 31 of 33 04 July 2014 at 8:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I like tiffin from British India.
When I was growing up, there was a rather nioe chocolate bar with that name, so it always had good vibes for me, but of course, has a wider meaning than that sort of snack, especially in Mumbai. I'm always tickled by the German use of our word "handy" for "mobile phone". Not loan words, but I love the Welsh "pili-pala" for "butterfly" - there are many words for it though, apparently, and some Welsh speakers don't count that one as real Welsh. "Popty ping" for "microwave oven" is similarly frowned upon by purists, I believe. "ling-di-long" for "at your own pace" is, I think, regarded as proper Welsh though. Edited by montmorency on 04 July 2014 at 8:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| morinkhuur Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 4679 days ago 79 posts - 157 votes Speaks: German*, Latin, English Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghribi) | Message 32 of 33 07 July 2014 at 8:07am | IP Logged | |||||
It's a French loanword but the pronunciation is different in German ([ˈʔatʰɪləʁi] or [ˈʔaɐ̯tʰɪləʁi]), which is probably why dumbl3d0re likes the word. The way it's pronounced in German, it can sound very aggressive and militaristic, especially with a Hitler accent. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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