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Sjmarf to People [email protected] • 7 months ago

Name something the Germans invented without googling

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Name something the Germans invented without googling

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Sjmarf to People [email protected] • 7 months ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    32•7 months ago

    Schadenfreude. I mean they probably didn’t invent the feeling but I can give them credit for it along with the word.

    • @[email protected]
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      2•7 months ago

      TIL that’s a feeling and not just the TF2 laughing emote

      • @[email protected]
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        1•7 months ago

        Its more than a feeling.

    • @[email protected]
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      5•7 months ago

      " I also like hiraeth. It’s a Welsh concept of longing for home."

      • noma
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        22•7 months ago

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        • @[email protected]
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          7 months ago

          Or homesickness. Fernweh, on the other hand, only exists (somewhat) in English in idioms, afaik: itchy feet

          • @[email protected]
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            10•7 months ago

            wanderlust…damn it.

            • @[email protected]
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              4•7 months ago

              That is not quite the same thing.

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              2•7 months ago

              Why aren’t they called “homelust” or “wandersickness?”

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                The English “wanderlust” comes from the German Wanderlust more recently (1902). In German, Lust is related to the English “lust,” but it’s got less of a sensual connotation. “Homesickness” also comes from German (1798), but it was translated into English.

              • Karyoplasma
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                6•7 months ago

                “Weh” means pain which is reflecting the feeling better.

                • @[email protected]
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                  It is also an older way to express a longing of the heart for something, in this case home / unknown places respectively.

            • @[email protected]
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              2•7 months ago

              Yeah, that’s a good call!

        • @[email protected]
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          3•7 months ago

          Any word in Welsh is a weird way to spell a word.

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