German is easy:
gloves = Handschuhe => hand shoes
scarf = Halsschuh => neck shoe
condom = Schwanzschuh => dick shoe
Wow, you’re right. German really is amazing!
mittens = Faustschuhe => fist shoes
hat = Kopfschuh => head shoe
glasses = Augenschuhe => eye shoes
earrings = Ohrschuhe => ear shoes
mask = Gesichtsschuh => face shoe
bra = Brustschuhe => breast shoes
shirt = Rumpfschuh => torso shoe
pants = Beinschuhe => leg shoes
helmet = Gehirnschuh => brain shoe
diaper = Babyschambereichschuh => baby shame-area shoe
So, germans have a foot fetish?
No. It’s more about the shoes.
Robot -> Das Bipenböpenmann
Guitar -> Die Stringenstick
To die -> Endenleib
You can say “die in hell” in a shoe store to ask for a different pair of shoes.
My favorite song is “Wir sind die Bibenböpenmannen” by Kraftwerk
Whoever decided that first one was high off their ass
Japanese Tebukuro - Hand Socks
It’s worse than that, it means hand bags (手袋)
Worse, better who can say?
Handschuhe und Pferdegranaten
Are you joking or do you really think, the second one is a word used in german? I cannot tell. It is not.
It’s a reference to the saying “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades”
The second word is a (probably poorly, I hardly know any German) made-up compound word for “horse grenades”, so it’s handshoes and horse grenades instead
Dutch is the same, heh.
Does Dutch keep both forms?
I believe both Old English and Old High German kept both the compound word (hand shoe) and the singular word (e.g. glōf) before eventually choosing one and discarding the other. I’m curious if there are any Germanic languages that have kept both forms into the modern era.
The alternative closest to glove I’d say would be “want(en)”, but it’s not nearly used as much as “handschoen(en)” - hand shoes.
Wanten would actually be mittens. Gloves where all the fingers are fused together. Mostly used by kids or cooks (the ovenwanten 😋).
the French word gant has the same etymological root as the Dutch word want
We have ‘handschoenen’. It’s used a lot.
Just a bit more mangled
ist das aus baunwolle gemacht?
I’ve read enough clothing labels to know that that should be Baumwolle. Tree wool. Because of course cotton is “tree wool” in German.
Tree wool.
Okay, that is really cool. I think German wins here.
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