I don't know if I have a favorite language, but German is certainly very entertaining!

@RickiTarr they have a rather... logical way of naming things. "Hand shoes" for gloves isn't that far fetched since we used shoes on feets so why not shoes on hands ? Same goes for "Ambulance" called "Krankenwagen" (meaning car for sick people). ALso 99.9% of the language actually pronounces all the letters in a word you cannot make mistakes based on spelling.

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Also: Schildkröte (shield toad == turtle), Regenschirm (rain shield/screen == umbrella), Fallschirm (fall shield/screen == parachute), Glühbirne (glowing pear == lightbulb), Wasserstoff (water substance == hydrogen), Sauerstoff (sour substance == oxygen), Frauenarzt (woman doctor == gynecologist), Seehund (sea dog == seal), ...

@RickiTarr @robryk @paprika also Stinktier (stink animal == skunk), Waschbär (bear that washes == raccoon)

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