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submitted 3 weeks ago by Clbull to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To convince someone? Over-thing them. (überzeugen)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

German here. That's an entirely different word, with a different word stem and history, despite being spelled exactly the same.

Also completely unrelated to Zeugen (witnesses) and zeugen (conceive).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fascinating

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly, I love this language. And I fully understand anyone who hates it.