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Beer is læne: you never actually hold it in perpetuity; your possession is but ephemeral.

• gerdesj 3y ago
  You rent it.
  • psunavy03 3y ago
    You buy the beer, you rent the glass and the barstool you sit at to consume it.
    • gerdesj 3y ago
      No you only rent the beer. You will almost certainly return most of it to where you "bought" it, in a slightly changed state.
    • guestbest 3y ago
      Nevertheless, you’ll take the spirits with you.
• GrumpyNl 3y ago
  In dutch, we use "lenen", very similair.
  • 082349872349872 3y ago
    aha, the contemporary english cognate would then be 'loan'.