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"Hippo" in German translates as "The horse of the Nile". It's such a fun language, with its word combinations.
Lemmy told me that raccoon in German literally translates as "washing bear" and I still think about that at least once a week
Wash Rat in French
Its true for Dutch, so I'm sure it's true for German as well, in Dutch it's called a wasbeer
Tvättbjörn in Swedish
hurr hurr twat bear
de wasbeer im de kukstooel
Can confirm, Waschbär in German.