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English doesn't do that badly here. German and some other European languages use the same word for a 100 metre wide lake as for a sea stretching a thousand kilo
by dmurray 4y ago
English doesn't do that badly here. German and some other European languages use the same word for a 100 metre wide lake as for a sea stretching a thousand kilometers, like the North Sea.
- eliaspro 4y agoIn German it's a bit complicated: - die See (fem.), alt. das Meer (neutr.) - the sea (a saltwater ocean) - der See (masc.) - the lake (an inland freshwater lake) But then again, "das Meer" is sometimes used for freshwater lakes when connotated with some context, e.g. "das Schwäbische Meer" as an alternative name for "Lake Constance".