Name something the Germans invented without googling
Name something the Germans invented without googling
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Schadenfreude. I mean they probably didn't invent the feeling but I can give them credit for it along with the word.
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" I also like hiraeth. It's a Welsh concept of longing for home."
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Weird way to spell "Heimweh"
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Or homesickness. Fernweh, on the other hand, only exists (somewhat) in English in idioms, afaik: itchy feet
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wanderlust...damn it.
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That is not quite the same thing.
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Yeah, that’s a good call!
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Why aren't they called "homelust" or "wandersickness?"
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"Weh" means pain which is reflecting the feeling better.
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It is also an older way to express a longing of the heart for something, in this case home / unknown places respectively.
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The English “wanderlust” comes from the German Wanderlust more recently (1902). In German, Lust is related to the English “lust,” but it’s got less of a sensual connotation. “Homesickness” also comes from German (1798), but it was translated into English.
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Any word in Welsh is a weird way to spell a word.
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TIL that's a feeling and not just the TF2 laughing emote
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Its more than a feeling.
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