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The non-English word association thread (an aid)

 
 
littlek
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2004 07:49 pm
<ehem, translations please!>
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Thok
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 02:34 am
Drogen ( german for drugs)
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Clary
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 02:49 am
Rogan josh, a tasty lamb curry from India
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Thok
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 02:52 am
Mahl (german for meal )
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Clary
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 02:55 am
Taj Mahal, the most beautiful building in the world
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omnius
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 08:05 am
Gebou (Afrikaans for building)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 12:58 pm
gebaeude (german for building)
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Thok
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:04 pm
Stahl (german for steel )
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:13 pm
stehlen (german for 'stealing')
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Thok
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:16 pm
ok, now a line of german :-)

Gericht (german for courtroom )
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:24 pm
Gericht = german for meal (isn't it funny that this word can have such different meanings ?). mahlzeit ! hbg
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Thok
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:26 pm
yes


next please :-)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:41 pm
eine wurzel ziehen = to pull up a carrot ... but also : eine wurzel ziehen = to have a 'rootcanal' done ( OUCH ! ) ... or what is the 'rootcanal' called in german these days ? hbg
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Thok
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:42 pm
root canal treatment= die Wurzelbehandlung


Zahn (german for tooth)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 01:48 pm
die Wurzelbehandlung : aha, we are getting fancy now ( dentists used to say : 'beissen sie die zaehne zusammen und machen sie den mund weit auf ! '). hbg
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satt fs
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 03:16 pm
dientes (spanish for "teeth")
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 04:35 pm
zahnarzt = german for dentist or (now usually) dental surgeon
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satt fs
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2004 04:43 pm
Soy dentista (spanish for "I am a dentist.")
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Thok
 
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Reply Mon 23 Aug, 2004 01:21 am
médecin (french for doctor)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Mon 23 Aug, 2004 09:42 am
medizin mann = native healer, also simply medicine man
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