Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoLearning a new language is easy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1904arrow-down16
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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoIn English, I like to think it would be a “thingie.” Like Germans are constantly trying to remember the word “lighter” and they’re like, “you know, the whatsit, the… fire… thingie.”
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·4 months agoNo, it’s literally not. It is “tool” or “gadget”. Not just any object or dingsbums. Zeug used to mean something different back in the day.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoSorry, I wasn’t clear about that being a tongue in cheek remark.
In English, I like to think it would be a “thingie.” Like Germans are constantly trying to remember the word “lighter” and they’re like, “you know, the whatsit, the… fire… thingie.”
No, it’s literally not. It is “tool” or “gadget”. Not just any object or dingsbums.
Zeug used to mean something different back in the day.
Sorry, I wasn’t clear about that being a tongue in cheek remark.
It’s that German humor.