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minus-squareAtlusb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days agoWhat’s the word for something that would be funny if it wasn’t real.
minus-squareAtlusb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days agoGot to hand it to the German language. I don’t know if your joking or its a real expression
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoIt’s a joke. That’s just the translation of the phrase run together as one word.
minus-squaremiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoIsn’t that what German is?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-225 days agoCompound words are very common in German. Some made their way over to English. Kindergarten = children garden Zeitgeist = time ghost Poltergeist = noisy ghost Wanderlust = desire to roam or hike
minus-squaremiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoGesundheit = you just peed your pants, slightly.
What’s the word for something that would be funny if it wasn’t real.
Komischwennesnichtechtwäre
Got to hand it to the German language. I don’t know if your joking or its a real expression
It’s a joke. That’s just the translation of the phrase run together as one word.
Isn’t that what German is?
Compound words are very common in German. Some made their way over to English.
Kindergarten = children garden
Zeitgeist = time ghost
Poltergeist = noisy ghost
Wanderlust = desire to roam or hike
Gesundheit = you just peed your pants, slightly.