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Cultural differences (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

(Southern) Germany has Hintertupfingen, where "Hinter-" refers to "behind".

It really sounds like some 1000 year old village with 20 inhabitants.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Is that a real village? I only have a little knowledge of German but it sounds like a finger up the bum. Or a bum up the finger, I'm not sure

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    It's not real and nor does it refer to fingers or your bum.

    -ingen is a common suffix for towns in Baden-Württemberg. Tübingen, Reutlingen, Vaihingen, Villingen-Schwenningen are some of the bigger ones that come to my mind. But like half the towns are named -ingen.

    So it's more like Hinter-tupf-ingen if you want to lose the finger association.

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