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Obligatory reminder of the elative: In German: sehr schnell (very fast) -> blitzschnell (lightning fast) sehr gross (very big) -> riesengross (giant big) se
by dmichulke 4y ago
Obligatory reminder of the elative:
In German:
sehr schnell (very fast) -> blitzschnell (lightning fast)
sehr gross (very big) -> riesengross (giant big)
sehr reich (very rich) -> steinreich (stone rich)
sehr arm (very poor) -> bettelarm (beggar poor)
It's a bit easier vocab-wise for foreigners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elative_(gradation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elative_(gradation)
- jaza 4y ago"Lightning fast" is probably the most-recognised expression for "very fast" in English too. Not sure that there's an obvious candidate for "very big". And we have "stinking rich" and "dirt poor". A few more: "stone deaf", "stark naked", "blind drunk", "certifiably insane", "squeaky clean", "dog tired", "piping hot", "ice cold".
- dmichulke 4y agoIs there a list of these word combinations? In German you have hundreds of those (incl. "eiskalt" - ice cold and "hundemüde" - dog tired) but I failed to find a list -.-