emilreloaded:thatswhywelovegermany:lilythemadqueen:thatswhywelovegermany: learnoutlive:bit.ly
emilreloaded:thatswhywelovegermany:lilythemadqueen:thatswhywelovegermany: learnoutlive:http://bit.ly/305Y3X8 verschlimmern = to make worseverbessern = to improveverschlimmbessern = to disimprove ok wait… what about “kaputtreparieren” ? kaputt = brokenreparieren = to repairkaputtreparieren = to completely destroy something that was only slightly damaged in a failed attempt to fix it my favorite bit of German language trivia that I still (maybe mis)remember from my education over 20 years ago is the quasi-prefix “zer-” which implies complete destruction. soschlagen = to hitzerschlagen = to smashlesen = to readzerlesen = read so much or so often that the document has fallen apartI have no idea of how many words this holds true, but it was a fun game to try during my 11th grade language studies. -- source link
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