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Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?

hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

In Germany they are called Kartoffeln (which is also a slur for the Germans itself).
But potatoes are also called Erdäpfel (ground apples) or in southern dialect Krombire (bent pear).

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Source (German): die-kartoffel.de/…/kartoffel-deutsche-dialekte/

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Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
So calling someone a potato in German is a slur?

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- Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Semi.
  Another kind of slur is calling “spießig” (dunno the english word. Google suggests stuffy or bourgeois) Germans “Almans” which is essentially the french word for german people but if you call a german “Alman” it’s kinda an insult (unless you own it).
  
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  - Johnmannesca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Similarly, in Spanish, Aleman means German, as such Alemania means Germany.
    
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EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And french fries are Pommes Frites.

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lugal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nudel?? NUDEL???

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pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m not sure this map is accurate. I have never heard any of the terms that this maps claims to be used in the region I come from.

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