Okay, literal translation is a minefield for miscommunication yada yada yada. I know. But I LURV how literal the language is:
gums--Zahnfleisch. Tooth meat.
mulled wine--Glühwein. Glow wine.
light bulb--Glühbirne. Glow-pear (think of the shape)
and then there's the -zeug ending. Zeug roughly translates as "thing/stuff":
Feuerzeug--fire thing (lighter)
Flugzeug--flying thing (airplane)
Werkzeug--work thing (tool)
Fahrzeug--driving thing (vehicle)
I snort every time I learn a new one:)
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Glad you're enjoying the German language. I guess you'd enjoy any language you'd learn, with your giftedness in languages! Nice to connect with you.
Here's another one...
Schlagzeug (thing for hitting!) aka a drumkit
ha ha I like it. That one is new to me.
of course there's Spielzeug, (play-thing), and Schreibzeug (write-thing)
there are moments when I have zero desire to learn German (usually when somebody is rude on public transit and I hate the rude public behaviour here) but there are also moments when it delights me.
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