▲ 561 ▼ If German was English (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by notst@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I've learned that Hospital = Krankenhaus = Sick House Ambulance = Krankenwagen = Sick Wagon It actually makes sense. English has “plaything”, which is kinda similar. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago* Krankenhaus - die Kranken (the sick persons from krank meaning sick) and das Haus (the house). A Krakenhaus could maybe be found at an aquarium as it's a house of octopuses (release the kraken!). Octopuses are more commonly called Tintenfisch tho, which literally means ink fish. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Fun fact the term Hospital while derived from hospitality is mutated for context due to the Knights Hospitallers. They built quite a few outposts that quickly became associated with medicine because pilgrims are stupid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago* Krankenhaus - die Kranken (the sick persons from krank meaning sick) and das Haus (the house). A Krakenhaus could maybe be found at an aquarium as it's a house of octopuses (release the kraken!). Octopuses are more commonly called Tintenfisch tho, which literally means ink fish. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Fun fact the term Hospital while derived from hospitality is mutated for context due to the Knights Hospitallers. They built quite a few outposts that quickly became associated with medicine because pilgrims are stupid. permalink fedilink source parent