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| Weizenkeim Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6106 days ago 70 posts - 72 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: Russian | Message 9 of 21 13 June 2009 at 7:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In German a common word for it is 'Fußabtreter'.
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Kartoffelsäcke.
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"Fußabtreter" I have never heard in Germany, perhaps this expression is regional. I am used to calling "door mat" "Fußmatte". Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Marlowe Triglot Newbie Norway Joined 5714 days ago 24 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish Studies: French, German | Message 13 of 21 13 June 2009 at 11:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"Dørmatte" in Norwegian.
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I know "Fußabtreter" as a kind of brush installed next to the door - the few households that still have that might like the design of a hedgehog or similar, at least in my experience. I also know "Türvorleger" but that might be a pun on "Bettvorleger" and only exist in my family's language. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Weizenkeim Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6106 days ago 70 posts - 72 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Russian | Message 15 of 21 14 June 2009 at 9:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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I asked Wiki and it says, that both are common, but Fußabtreter more in east, the other in west of Germany. I was born quite in the centre, so I knew both. But I thougt, Fußmatte to be a more general term. That rubber mat people (germans?) put in their cars is called like this too. Then again I had completely forgotten about those bizarre hedgehogs. Are they common in other countries, too? They always seemd very gartenzwergish to me... (Fußmatte wins google by factor x5 by the way, just in case anybody wanted to know :) )
edit: wow, for what reason ever this seems interesting to a lot more people than i thought. http://www.philhist.uni-augsburg.de/lehrstuehle/germanistik/ sprachwissenschaft/ada/dritte_runde/f14e/ Edited by Weizenkeim on 14 June 2009 at 9:08am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Uthnapistim Diglot Newbie Finland Joined 5696 days ago 19 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English Studies: German, Indonesian | Message 16 of 21 14 June 2009 at 12:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Two about equally common terms used synonymously in Finnish are "kynnysmatto" (door step mat) and "ovimatto" (door mat).
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