BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHello am business goose.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down13
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minus-squareenthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoDutch has a lot of good ones! Hippo: Nile Horse (nijlpaard) Leopard: Lazy Horse (luipaard) Sea urchin: Sea Hedgehog (zee egel) Seal: Sea Dog (zeehond) Skunk: Stink Animal (stinkdier) Turtle: Shield Toad (Schildpad) Slug: Naked Snail (Naaktslak) Porcupine: Spiky Pig (Stekelvarken) Edit: formatting
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago Leopard: Lazy Horse (luipaard) I’ve looked it up and apparently leo is lion and part is leopard or panther. So it’s a lion leopard. English and Dutch have the same etymology, and German too, all your examples are the same in German.
Dutch has a lot of good ones!
Hippo: Nile Horse (nijlpaard)
Leopard: Lazy Horse (luipaard)
Sea urchin: Sea Hedgehog (zee egel)
Seal: Sea Dog (zeehond)
Skunk: Stink Animal (stinkdier)
Turtle: Shield Toad (Schildpad)
Slug: Naked Snail (Naaktslak)
Porcupine: Spiky Pig (Stekelvarken)
Edit: formatting
I’ve looked it up and apparently leo is lion and part is leopard or panther. So it’s a lion leopard. English and Dutch have the same etymology, and German too, all your examples are the same in German.