I Didn’t Have Eggs

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An easy mistake to make (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm, this disagrees with you: https://www.dwds.de/wb/Zehe

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh wow. I take my comment back. Never seen "Zehe" used for toe.

"Zehe" leitet sich vom althochdeutschen "zēha" ab, das ursprünglich "Zweig" oder "Spross" bedeutete. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde es auf die einzelnen Segmente von Pflanzen wie Knoblauch oder Zwiebeln übertragen.

Could be the same origin then.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago

Well, you did have me questioning my life choices, because I would've also intuitively called the foot appendage "der Zeh", but a clove of garlic "die Knoblauchzehe".

But yeah, apparently both "der Zeh" und "die Zehe" are valid singular forms for "Zehen". 🫠