▲ 49 ▼ Today I learned that there's a female version of the term "bromance" and it's equally shit (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by NickwithaC@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments It only works if you say the O wrong! Neither "woman" nor "women" are said like that. Oh, and all the other stuff about implying any strong & healthy friendship must have some underlying homoeroticism bullshit.
[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (5 children) In Germany, older ppl sometimes use the term "Busenfreunde" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago Is that like "bosom buddies"? permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlihpFlorp@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Germans really got a word for everything permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) LOL, not exactly. It's just that you can combine as many nouns as you want. The fact that you can turn pretty much any verb into a noun (Substantivierung) doesn't help with complexity XD EDIT: e.g. German doesn't have specific words for vehicle or plane, it's just "stuff that drives" (Fahrzeug) or "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) it's rly fun and allows for a lot of nuance, but can be rly confusing at times (even to native speakers) Or the fact that "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" is a perfectly valid noun LMAO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) I'm liking the similarity (and presumed etymological link) to the English 'flung' permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlihpFlorp@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago Yeah I don’t know any German but I know combining words is basically the language which leads to some fun direct translations This was my poor attempt at a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago Is that like "bosom buddies"? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlihpFlorp@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Germans really got a word for everything permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) LOL, not exactly. It's just that you can combine as many nouns as you want. The fact that you can turn pretty much any verb into a noun (Substantivierung) doesn't help with complexity XD EDIT: e.g. German doesn't have specific words for vehicle or plane, it's just "stuff that drives" (Fahrzeug) or "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) it's rly fun and allows for a lot of nuance, but can be rly confusing at times (even to native speakers) Or the fact that "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" is a perfectly valid noun LMAO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) I'm liking the similarity (and presumed etymological link) to the English 'flung' permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlihpFlorp@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago Yeah I don’t know any German but I know combining words is basically the language which leads to some fun direct translations This was my poor attempt at a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) LOL, not exactly. It's just that you can combine as many nouns as you want. The fact that you can turn pretty much any verb into a noun (Substantivierung) doesn't help with complexity XD EDIT: e.g. German doesn't have specific words for vehicle or plane, it's just "stuff that drives" (Fahrzeug) or "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) it's rly fun and allows for a lot of nuance, but can be rly confusing at times (even to native speakers) Or the fact that "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" is a perfectly valid noun LMAO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) I'm liking the similarity (and presumed etymological link) to the English 'flung' permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlihpFlorp@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago Yeah I don’t know any German but I know combining words is basically the language which leads to some fun direct translations This was my poor attempt at a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* "stuff that flies" (Flugzeug) I'm liking the similarity (and presumed etymological link) to the English 'flung' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlihpFlorp@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago Yeah I don’t know any German but I know combining words is basically the language which leads to some fun direct translations This was my poor attempt at a joke permalink fedilink source parent