Yes, Achilles complains about the turtle's 'degenerate' answer, which would have to have been 'A'. Not really a word in German. Wonder whether there could have

Yes, Achilles complains about the turtle's 'degenerate' answer, which would have to have been 'A'. Not really a word in German. Wonder whether there could have been a better equivalent, but presumably the translator spent some time on it. I don't have a German dictionary on hand to try the trick in the article.