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itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago‘uber’ is an English word with a German ethnology. ‘über’ is a German word. That’s like saying iceberg is German. u and ü are different letters. They are pronounced differently and change the meaning of words (e.g. ‘Schuppe’ means scale, ‘Schüppe’ means shovel)
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
…I don’t know what point you’re making. The word came from german, and the changing of the letter only goes to my point. The word was easily simplified to be used outside of German.
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
You’re in a thread complaining about a software using a German name for it’s German meaning (Flohmarkt means flea market). Your example for a ‘good German name’ is an English word that has German origins. Don’t you see how those are different?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I think you’re splitting hairs and it’s not helpful. I have only ever known “Uber” as a German word and you saying it isn’t one won’t change my or others’ experience of it as such.
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Uber is a loan word. Doesn’t matter how your perceive it, that doesn’t make it a more German. So is iceberg.