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here isn’t even a single long word in German for “hurt feelings,” they just translate the English directly (verletzte Gefühle) > Beleidigt

by elx 7y ago

dukoid 7y ago
"Beleidigt" is quite negative, implying a sense of hurt feelings where none is expected. I don't think this is an adequate general translation for "hurt feelings". Just "verletzt" might work, depending on context.
- foozed 7y ago
  i agree, "verletzt" fits quite well. Especially if, like in english, you pair it with "Gefühle".
darklajid 7y ago
I don't agree with the translation (see sibling), but also don't understand the point. There isn't a single word for this in English either (It's .. two words) and while we're at it: English is a lot of German(ic) with a big chunk of French. Who copied whom for hurt feelings/verletzte Gefuehle is something I can't say. But .. why derive any sort of meaning from the fact that there's not a one word term for this?
- Kirth 7y ago
  "German has super precise, single words for almost all concepts" is a very popular meme with people who don't know a lot about German.
  - darklajid 7y ago
    Absoluter Internetbenutzerfalscheindruck natuerlich.
atoav 7y ago
Beleidigt means upset, and frankly you can be upset without beeing emotionally hurt, e.g. you are beleidigt about someone behaving in a bad manner that you had a high opinion off. Beleidigt is more than beeing hurt emotionally, it is also means the person who is beleidigt has to act beleidigt (e.g. by actively punishing the person you are beleidigt at with avoiding them). This means you can only be beleidigt at soemone if you care about them or what they represent in some way, while beeing emotionally hurt doesn’t require any such connection.
- Semaphor 7y ago
  > e.g. you are beleidigt about someone behaving in a bad manner that you had a high opinion off. Are you German? Or did you learn it as a foreign language? If it's the former, I'd love to know what region you are from because that is never how I would use that word (I'm from SH). "Beleidigt" for me is absolutely "hurt feeling".
  - atoav 7y ago
    I am from Austria, but live in Northern Germany for ~10 years and it seems to work in both contexts. It is close to hurt feelings but not the same..

here isn’t even a single long word in German for “hurt feelings,” they just translate the English directly (verletzte Gefühle) > Beleidigt

by elx 7y ago

here isn’t even a single long word in German for “hurt feelings,” they just translate the English directly (verletzte Gefühle) > Beleidigt

dukoid 7y ago

"Beleidigt" is quite negative, implying a sense of hurt feelings where none is expected. I don't think this is an adequate general translation for "hurt feelings". Just "verletzt" might work, depending on context.

foozed 7y ago
i agree, "verletzt" fits quite well. Especially if, like in english, you pair it with "Gefühle".

darklajid 7y ago

I don't agree with the translation (see sibling), but also don't understand the point. There isn't a single word for this in English either (It's .. two words) and while we're at it: English is a lot of German(ic) with a big chunk of French. Who copied whom for hurt feelings/verletzte Gefuehle is something I can't say. But .. why derive any sort of meaning from the fact that there's not a one word term for this?

Kirth 7y ago
"German has super precise, single words for almost all concepts" is a very popular meme with people who don't know a lot about German.
- darklajid 7y ago
  Absoluter Internetbenutzerfalscheindruck natuerlich.

atoav 7y ago

Beleidigt means upset, and frankly you can be upset without beeing emotionally hurt, e.g. you are beleidigt about someone behaving in a bad manner that you had a high opinion off. Beleidigt is more than beeing hurt emotionally, it is also means the person who is beleidigt has to act beleidigt (e.g. by actively punishing the person you are beleidigt at with avoiding them). This means you can only be beleidigt at soemone if you care about them or what they represent in some way, while beeing emotionally hurt doesn’t require any such connection.

Semaphor 7y ago
> e.g. you are beleidigt about someone behaving in a bad manner that you had a high opinion off. Are you German? Or did you learn it as a foreign language? If it's the former, I'd love to know what region you are from because that is never how I would use that word (I'm from SH). "Beleidigt" for me is absolutely "hurt feeling".
- atoav 7y ago
  I am from Austria, but live in Northern Germany for ~10 years and it seems to work in both contexts. It is close to hurt feelings but not the same..