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German rule (lemmy.world)
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[-] superkret@feddit.org 30 points 5 months ago

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).

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago
[-] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 5 months ago

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

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