RealWrastling@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhat's a word you haven't heard used in years?message-squaremessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down16
arrow-up1190arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word you haven't heard used in years?RealWrastling@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square208fedilink
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down5·2 years agoAffordable housing
minus-squarecyberpunk007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoSo “affordablehousing” then? 😂
minus-squareVii@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoWe actually have a word for that: unauffindbar
minus-squareKonlanx@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-22 years agoYou are right. It’s a joke because there is absolutely no affordable housing to be found in Germany.
minus-squareLouisoix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoSeems like there’s a word for everything in German!
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFor a change the German word is shorter than the English one, and it’s the English one that’s smashing two existing words together.
Affordable housing
So “affordablehousing” then? 😂
Looks German
We actually have a word for that: unauffindbar
Doesn’t that mean unfindable?
You are right. It’s a joke because there is absolutely no affordable housing to be found in Germany.
Ah gotcha
Seems like there’s a word for everything in German!
There is. That word is “alles”.
For a change the German word is shorter than the English one, and it’s the English one that’s smashing two existing words together.