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Some words are also officially recognized with different genders. E.g. it's "der oder das Ketchup". [1] I argued multiple times with my girlfriend that "der Ket
by ascar 8y ago
Some words are also officially recognized with different genders. E.g. it's "der oder das Ketchup". [1] I argued multiple times with my girlfriend that "der Ketchup" doesn't sound right at all, until we looked it up.
My best guess is this comes from different dialects that associate different genders with certain sounds. She comes from Schwaben, while I'm from Franken, which speak very different dialects. I had never heard "der Ketchup" before.
[1] https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Ketchup https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Ketchup
- adimitrov 8y agoIt doesn't have to be recent English loan words for German dialects to make things weird. http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-5/f15a-f/ http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-5/f15a-f/ (fyi: Butter is a loanword from Greek. I've heard "das Butter" as well.)
- usrusr 8y agoKitchen terms are generally crazy. Do other languages also have hundreds of different terms for the last piece of a loaf of bread that is too thin for further slicing, but too thick to be considered a slice?
- indigo945 8y agoI just call that the Endstück, have never heard anything else. What other terms are common?
- xaedes 8y ago"Der Kanten". German wikipedia on "Kanten" gives many more local variations.
- heeen2 8y agohttp://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/10_03h.jpg http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/0... It's up there with potato with the most local variations I think
- MagerValp 8y agoA small Swedish survey found at least 50 in common use: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=411&artikel=2066499 https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=411&art...