4 ms·
German does a better job of separating the words for free as in speech ("frei") and free as in beer ("gratis", "kostenlos", "umsonst"). But curiously, it's exa
by majewsky 6y ago
German does a better job of separating the words for free as in speech ("frei") and free as in beer ("gratis", "kostenlos", "umsonst").
But curiously, it's exactly the other way around for "einfach", which has two drastically different meanings ("easy" and "simple") that Germans tend to conflate because German only has one word for it.
</linguistics-funfact>
- SeriousM 6y agoYou're absolutely right! In English it's easy for me to distinguish the meanings but in german it's hard to find the difference and to find alternatives.