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In b4 some German/English speaker dissects this meme

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[–] oneguynick 44 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Honestly, I got nothing. In German, we would say Besteck or Tafelsliber.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Silverware (Tafelsilber : banquet/table silver) exists.

Besteck used to mean sheath, bestecken could be translated as to decorate with, stecken is to put into.

[–] oneguynick 7 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

It's not that food weapon is close to the German word but it's the description this German guy came up with.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I could see the Swedish being translated as stabbers

skriva: to write
beskriva: to describe

sticka: to stab
bestick: stab-related noun?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Tafelsilber is silber tho.