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I don't get US spelling of "meter" for the metric system they don't even use. My car dashboard is two meters wide. Speedometer and tachometer. It's probably about half a metre wide.
I dunno what a kilometer would be. A device that can measure anything in thousands of something; weight, volume, speed, etc.
"The scale says you weigh 0.07 metric tonnes."
"Oh my god, I'm so fat."
"No, that's only 70kg, it's this stupid kilometer. Makes everything seem bigger than it is."
*opens a german dictionary*
*it says βMeterβ*
*shrugs*
Now that you have it open, could you find a funny compound noun or two? I love those!
How about Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung? That's my personal favorite, though it lacks umlauts.
I'm guessing that means speed limit? Nice π
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Okay I'm curious. With Danish being a Germanic language, how much are you benefiting from cognates and the like when making your guesses?
Some. Danish isn't as closely related to German as it is to Norwegian or Swedish, but there are a lot of similarities such as similar words. Danmark is mostly an even weirder than Dutch combination of German and English π
Weirder than Dutch? I do not believe this.
I know it's a tall order but I'm pretty sure it's true. Danish is a really weird language π