Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1年前Learning a new language is easy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down17
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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-21年前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.”
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·1年前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.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1年前Sorry, 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.”
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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.