Comment on You know when something's on the tip of your tongue and — as frustrating as it is — you'd rather try and think of it rather than look it up? There should be a word for that.

exixx@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• jasep@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Google translate says “Zungenspitze” is the German word for “tip of tongue”.

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• chris@l.roofo.cc ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There isn’t one in German.

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  • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t believe you.

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    • chris@l.roofo.cc ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Let me rephrase that: I never heard one. There is a word for tip of the tongue but not for the concrete situation OP described. I mean the possibility to just look up stuff wherever you are is a very recent development so it makes sense that a word that incorporates this isn’t invented yet.

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      • blazeknave@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Still don’t believe you. Just smash a sentence together or whatever y’all do. We need you. Latin doesn’t do this.

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• cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d be surprised if there isn’t a German word for it

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  • trk@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s “tipphoffzetongue”

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