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In Germany borosilicate glass is called colloquially "Jenaer Glass" named after the city of Jena. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_glass https://en.m.wikip
by weinzierl 1y ago
In Germany borosilicate glass is called colloquially "Jenaer Glass" named after the city of Jena.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_glass https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_glass
- oblio 1y agoSame in Romania, we probably got the name from you. We just call it "iena".
- fmajid 1y agoProbably because Schott glassworks was originally established in Jena as a sister company to Carl Zeiss.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoWhat happens in German with the vowel sequence in "Jena-er"?
- weinzierl 1y agoIt's simply pronounced like separate a and e and does not turn into an umlaut.