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itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
Uber is a loan word. Doesn’t matter how your perceive it, that doesn’t make it a more German. So is iceberg.