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Note that in German the word is generally used in plural when talking about debt and singular when talking about guilt/blame. "My fault" -> "Meine Schuld" "My
by pluma 10y ago
Note that in German the word is generally used in plural when talking about debt and singular when talking about guilt/blame.
"My fault" -> "Meine Schuld"
"My debt" -> "Meine Schulden"
I think both also behave as mass nouns, so there's rarely any ambiguity.
- jakub_g 10y agoInteresting. In Polish OTOH "debt" is a separate word, but I just realized that "to owe someone" and "to be guilty" is the same verb.