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Name something the Germans invented without googling(sh.itjust.works)

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MehBlah@lemmy.world
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Schadenfreude. I mean they probably didn’t invent the feeling but I can give them credit for it along with the word.

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logan_hero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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" I also like hiraeth. It’s a Welsh concept of longing for home."

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Gabrial@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Weird way to spell “Heimweh”

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idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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Or homesickness. Fernweh, on the other hand, only exists (somewhat) in English in idioms, afaik: itchy feet

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BatrickPateman@lemmy.world
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Any word in Welsh is a weird way to spell a word.

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TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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TIL that’s a feeling and not just the TF2 laughing emote

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MehBlah@lemmy.world
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Its more than a feeling.

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