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> Creepy ~= Gruselig/Unheimlich > Awkward ~= Komisch/Unbeholfen Those translations don't really contain that additional negativity of "Creepy/Awkward". It is
by sprash 10y ago
> Creepy ~= Gruselig/Unheimlich
> Awkward ~= Komisch/Unbeholfen
Those translations don't really contain that additional negativity of "Creepy/Awkward". It is hard really pinpoint it though.
> there was a German copy of the "Beauty and the Geek" show that was far more dehumanising and called "Das Model und der Freak" where the entire concept was that "pretty" c-list celebrity women would give a "nerdy loser" a makeover to turn him into a generic alpha male womanisers.
But that was so much more over the top. Those guys were more like "eklig" (disgusting).
- detaro 10y agoTo me the range of negativity (from let's say "creepy Halloween decoration" to "that creepy old guy" or "a jar full of babys' fingers") is similar in both languages, and something that has to be inferred from context. "Creepy" covers the disgusting axis a bit more, but eklig/ekelhaft covers that area easily if necessary. The fact that "creepy" is used in German language sometimes points towards that the terms are not exactly identical, but it's a tiny difference and in no way big enough to say that the concept doesn't exist. It's just a shorthand for something that otherwise might require a modifier or explanation, + using English is cool.