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Monster doesn't mean monster in Dutch.
by jacobriis 5y ago
Monster doesn't mean monster in Dutch.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoI figured that. Neither does *UCKING, Austria have the same English meaning: https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-village-of-fucking-decides-to-change-its-name/a-55740967 https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-village-of-fucking-decides-to...
- Bayart 5y agoYou can write « Fucking », you know.
- jhgb 5y ago> ... « ... » ... Pardon your French? ;)
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoI did not know. Thank you.
- 1-more 5y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monster#Dutch https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monster#Dutch sure it does. Probably not how this town got its name, but it does.
- 317070 5y agoIt does. Monster is also a dutch word, with the same meaning as the English monster (horrid creature), but can also be used as synonym for "a sample". In this case, the name of the village probably comes from the same word as the English "Monastry". Other places have the same etymology, e.g. the city Münster in Germany.
- schoen 5y agoI think the horrid creature meaning and the sample meaning are cognates (both from Latin for 'show', in one case because the sample is made for purposes of showing it to someone, and in the other case because you can't look away, so to speak). (Or because the gods wanted to show you that they were displeased with you, maybe.)
- CorrectHorseBat 5y agoYes it does