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Then there are also slightly funny ones -plane / Flugzeug / flight stuff -lighter / Feuerzeug / fire stuff -light bulb / Glühbirne / Glow pear -eyeball / Au
by emsy 8y ago
Then there are also slightly funny ones
-plane / Flugzeug / flight stuff
-lighter / Feuerzeug / fire stuff
-light bulb / Glühbirne / Glow pear
-eyeball / Augapfel / Eye apple
- jacobush 8y agoYes, yes, but to my ear, "zeug" feels closer to "thing" than "stuff" in these examples. That's no less funny.
- the8472 8y ago-zeug indicates that it is a set of things. Historically the fire stuff has been a set of tools to make fire. Zaumzeug was the set of gear you put on a horse etc.
- tomjakubowski 8y agoTexas German has a less funny word for airplane: Luftschiff.
- kaybe 8y agoI think that would be an airship - zeppelin.
- hoppelhase 8y agoA Luftschiff is not an airplane, it's a Zeppelin because it floats in the air like a ship in the water.
- anoncake 8y agoMaybe it is in Texas German
- v_lisivka 8y agoYeah, English is funny language. - plane - flat surface - lighter - a lamp - light bulb - empty bulb - eyeball - a sport (Non-native speaker).
- emsy 8y agoNice lateral thinking!
- louisswiss 8y agoThe 'Zeug' ending you're referencing doesn't just mean stuff - it comes from the verb zeugen (to procreate/beget). So Flugzeug is really flight begetter (or perhaps flight creator) And Feuerzeug is fire creator. Much more sensible!