vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square338fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1446arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square338fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoTölpel is originally a species of bird, but you’re right, klutz is pretty close in meaning. Origin-wise it’s pretty different though: klutz (Yiddish) & Klotz (German) are related, which means klutz is more like a stopping block made of wood/metal.
Tölpel is originally a species of bird, but you’re right, klutz is pretty close in meaning. Origin-wise it’s pretty different though: klutz (Yiddish) & Klotz (German) are related, which means klutz is more like a stopping block made of wood/metal.