deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square158linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-223 hours agoDoch There exists no english equivalent for doch, it has multiple functions, the most known one being an expression that emphatically negates a previous sentiment. “Does not!” “Does too!!” Which created one of the most long lived german memes. “It should not be that way, but it was.” But doch can do so much more.
minus-squareVinegarChunks@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoIt fills a big gap in English because there is no single English word to unambiguously answer a question like: “So you don’t want me to come over this afternoon?”
minus-squarePixeIOrange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 hours agoCame here for doch. Its one of my favourite words im using arguing with AFD voters and works every time its like a spell.
Doch
There exists no english equivalent for doch, it has multiple functions, the most known one being an expression that emphatically negates a previous sentiment.
“Does not!”
“Does too!!”
Which created one of the most long lived german memes.
“It should not be that way, but it was.”
But doch can do so much more.
It fills a big gap in English because there is no single English word to unambiguously answer a question like:
“So you don’t want me to come over this afternoon?”
Came here for doch. Its one of my favourite words im using arguing with AFD voters and works every time its like a spell.