UM-Bot Posted March 7, 2021 #1 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Events over the last 12 months have spawned a whole plethora of weird and wonderful words and phrases. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344420/pandemic-inspires-1200-bizarre-german-words 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted March 7, 2021 #2 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Quote 'handschuhe' - meaning 'hand shoes', an alternative term for gloves No Handschuhe has always been the standard German word for gloves (and I can't think of any other) and is not a word that was created by the Covid Epidemic (and yes it does mean hand shoes) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted March 7, 2021 #3 Share Posted March 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: No Handschuhe has always been the standard German word for gloves (and I can't think of any other) and is not a word that was created by the Covid Epidemic (and yes it does mean hand shoes) In Dutch the normal word for gloves is "handschoenen" as long as I can remember. And the literal translation is also 'hand shoes'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded1 Posted March 7, 2021 #4 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) They have handschuhs in Final Fantasy XI and that's been going since 2002. Edited March 7, 2021 by Jaded1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted March 7, 2021 #5 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I always liked our common or similar word "window" in several languages. Wind with au from augen the word in Saxon and Germanic for eye. Eye of the wind. Who said we weren't poetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted March 7, 2021 #6 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Quote 'maskentrottel' - 'mask idiot', someone who refuses to wear a mask. I love this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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