Cool words in ur native / second language

So apparently there is a German word hamsterkauf, meaning bulk buying, like people are currently doing for toilet paper here. Please tell me it is true! It is so cute!

Got me thinking about other cool words in people’s native or second language.

In Japanese there is a word ‘iru - to be present’ and ‘rusuban - being out of the house’ which are combined to ‘irusuban’ meaning when u are actually in but pretend to be out.

Any others?

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It’s true. Like the hamster hamsters and stores up ridiculous amounts of stuff in his cheeks - for later! :slight_smile:

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Yes Hamsterkauf is huge these days, with all the anxiety concerning corona.

I like the swedish word ‘lagom’ (“just the right amount”).

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@Linn What’s the word for Swedish death cleaning? That’s a thing, right?

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I just learned hello, good-bye, thank you from my Vietnamese manicurist. :nail_care:

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I don’t know. Sorry. Lagom is the only Swedish word I know.

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The German word for gloves is Handschuhe (“shoes for the hands”). :gloves:

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I like to watch Hoarding on tv and think I’m not that bad. :sunglasses:

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I can relate. :rofl:

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cucaracha :wink:

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Dutch has some nice names for animals. Some examples: nijlpaard = horse of the Nile, hippopotamus; aardvarken = pig of the earth, aardvark (which is the african word) ; lapjeskat = patch cat, calico; Luipaard = lazy horse, leopard; dolfijn = wild fine, dolphin.

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