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[-] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

The Hungarian word for turtles (both land and sea one) translates to "frog with a bathtub"

[-] cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

The German word translates to Shield Toad

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

That is fuckin badass

[-] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Also in Dutch. It's "schildpad".

[-] cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

German gets too much credit for compound nouns. Dutch is really good at it as well: bromfiets, snelweg, etc.

[-] omgarm@feddit.nl 8 points 7 months ago

Hungary is a silly place. The bathtub is upside down then.

[-] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Actually.. not bathtub, more like trough.

Still upside down. But imagine you had to carry a trough on your back. Which way would you turn it?

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