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Just an FYI, the German word for naked is "nackt", not to be confused with "nacht", which means night. Which might not seem important, unless you, like my siste
by newsreview1 7y ago
Just an FYI, the German word for naked is "nackt", not to be confused with "nacht", which means night. Which might not seem important, unless you, like my sister in law, accidentally signed up for a "nackt wandelen" or "naked hike", as opposed to a "night hike" at her daughter's university (Freie Universität Berlin) when she went to visit her last year.
Fortunately her daughter saw the mistake long before they attempted to attend. I can only imagine the scene had she not discovered the mistake before showing up!!! :)
- deehouie 7y agoPerhaps she would have enjoyed that more...
- b2ccb2 7y agoFYI, it's "Nacht/Nackt Wandern". No such thing as wandelen (Apparently Dutch, as noted below). German OCD kicking in, please ignore ;-)
- b2ccb2 7y agoAlso of note, English speakers really have trouble pronouncing either correctly (They get conflated, really. As in, pronouncing ck/ch). Hence the confusion. (Anecdotally, I have lived for years(4) in the States.)
- emmelaich 7y agoNo such thing in German; wandelen is Dutch.
- pvorb 7y agoWell, German actually has the similar word "wandeln", which means something like "to stroll" and is often used in phrases like "unter den Toten wandeln", which can be translated as "to walk among the dead". So this is quite similar to the Dutch "wandelen" but used in different situations.
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- psc2 7y agomaybe it was a typo? Wandern is german for hiking.
- newsreview1 7y agoI don't speak German.... How do you say walk/hike?
- FloriAmStizzle 7y agolaufen/wandern
- inimino 7y ago> before showing up!!! Not only overdressed, but at entirely the wrong time of day as well!