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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's not exactly handcar, but "vehicle" in german is "drivething" (Fahrzeug).

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

I love how they jam words together to make new words. As I understand it, German is easier to learn because the bigger words are made of smaller words glued together instead of creating new words with no clues. I got this from a book on the history of the English language, which I will again promote because it was so fun to read:

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language

[–] ceiphas@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Plane is Fly Thing (Flugzeug)

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You know, I know just enough German to have wondered how -zeug fit into things and now I know and I'm pretty happy about drive and fly things 😂

Are you also happy about play things (toys), fire things (lighters), hit things (drums), work things (tools) and green things (greenery)?