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I think plenty of other comments have made good suggestions but that this clearly takes the cake for me! I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that German has a g
by eieio 2y ago
I think plenty of other comments have made good suggestions but that this clearly takes the cake for me!
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that German has a great word for this, although I admit when I started reading your comment I expected it to be a compound word.
I quite like the literal translation too!
- codetrotter 2y agoWe have the same compound word in Norwegian, with same kind of meaning: Nærliggende > 2. som naturlig faller en i tanken ; som det er naturlig å gripe til (Aside from also having a literal meaning of being in physical proximity.) Translated: “Which naturally comes to mind; which it is natural to resort to.” https://naob.no/ordbok/n%C3%A6rliggende https://naob.no/ordbok/n%C3%A6rliggende This Norwegian word would not have naturally come to mind for me though, if it wasn’t for GP mentioning the German equivalent of it. It is not a word I usually use myself. But I do hear others use it now and then.
- dpassens 2y agoIt is a compound word. Nahe (close by) liegend (lying).