You're just jealous that we can actually understand what our words mean instead of copying them wholesale from latin or french (which we also do, just not as much).
I'll have you know that the history of 'gloves' in English goes back long before the Norman conquest; the roots in English are neither from French nor Latin.
What I really want to know is if shoes in German are called 'fußglof'?
If you say, 'yes', then I really will be jealous. I want a foot glove...
Fußhandschuhe
No, they're called 'Läderlappen'.
agreed. plus everything can be funny if you just translate it word for word, even though in almost all languages the meaning for the original words barely cross people's minds when they use compound words.
eg:
German: Kamin
French: Cheminée
Spanish: Chimenea
English: FIREPLACE!
like fucking cavemen
I counter:
French: briquet
Spanish: mechero
English: lighter
German: Feuerzeug => FIRE THING
Who's the caveman now?
German is easy:
gloves = Handschuhe => hand shoes
scarf = Halsschuh => neck shoe
condom = Schwanzschuh => dick shoe
Wow, you're right. German really is amazing!
mittens = Faustschuhe => fist shoes
hat = Kopfschuh => head shoe
glasses = Augenschuhe => eye shoes
earrings = Ohrschuhe => ear shoes
mask = Gesichtsschuh => face shoe
bra = Brustschuhe => breast shoes
shirt = Rumpfschuh => torso shoe
pants = Beinschuhe => leg shoes
helmet = Gehirnschuh => brain shoe
diaper = Babyschambereichschuh => baby shame-area shoe
Dutch is the same, heh.
Just a bit more mangled
Japanese Tebukuro - Hand Socks
It's worse than that, it means hand bags (手袋)
ist das aus baunwolle gemacht?
I've read enough clothing labels to know that that should be Baumwolle. Tree wool. Because of course cotton is "tree wool" in German.
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