• Samsy@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Wait a moment, “schlepped” is an english word and it means the same like carrying? Because it’s from german word “schleppen”.

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      In English, it’s usually used in a context where there’s some humor, frustration, or irony involved, like in the comic.

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        1 month ago

        Okay that sounds familiar. Germans use it the same way. Carry means “tragen” and nobody would use “schleppen” in a serious sentence.

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          Schleppen is an act of heavy carrying. So smb. carries (trägt) a pen from a to b. But smb. schleppt a 20kg canister of water from a to b.