In Germany we say "Arbeitnehmerrechte" and I think that's beautiful
In Germany we say "Arbeitnehmerrechte" and I think that's beautiful
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Isn’t “Arbeitsnehmer” one who takes labor? I would think the worker gives his or her labor, and the industrialist takes it.
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Here "arbeit" translates to "job" better than "labour". One provides the job, the other takes the job (and consequently does the labour).
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They're job providers, we need to give them all the tax breaks
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Arbeitnehmer (job taker) is employee, Arbeitgeber (job giver) is employer.
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Takingoffspacesdoesnotmakeaword. Changemymind.
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English is an inferior language because it does not combine words into one when it would make sense to do so to avoid confusion.
Change my mind.
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They use dashes, which is more readable ("self-sufficient", and similar stuff), although idk if that's what you meant
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I've been trying to think of an example, the only one I could think of is "assault rifle". In Swedish, where we contract words, it would be "assaultrifle", so it's clear you're not encouraging someone to beat up a rifle.
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It's just combined words which would be in english single words. Nothing magical.
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Average English natives when they realize other languages exist
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Soy español. Los alemanes y su sentido del humor.
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I'm not german bro
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In Dutch we have werknemer and werkgever.
Werknemer takes work (person with a job)
Werkgever gives work (company hiring people)
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