vis4valentine to Asklemmy · 1 year agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square366fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1478arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentine to Asklemmy · 1 year agomessage-square366fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.