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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•7 months agoThe Hungarian word for turtles (both land and sea one) translates to “frog with a bathtub”
minus-square@cucumber_sandwichlinkEnglish2•7 months agoGerman gets too much credit for compound nouns. Dutch is really good at it as well: bromfiets, snelweg, etc.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoHungary is a silly place. The bathtub is upside down then.
minus-square@HulelinkEnglish2•7 months agoActually… not bathtub, more like trough. Still upside down. But imagine you had to carry a trough on your back. Which way would you turn it?
The Hungarian word for turtles (both land and sea one) translates to “frog with a bathtub”
The German word translates to Shield Toad
That is fuckin badass
Also in Dutch. It’s “schildpad”.
German gets too much credit for compound nouns. Dutch is really good at it as well: bromfiets, snelweg, etc.
Hungary is a silly place. The bathtub is upside down then.
Actually… not bathtub, more like trough.
Still upside down. But imagine you had to carry a trough on your back. Which way would you turn it?