epistemologicalfallacy: catladyinwaiting: actual german compound nouns:Staubsauger (vaccuum cleaner, literally “DUST SUCKER”)Vorhang (curtain, literally “HANGS IN FRONT”)Wasserkocher (kettle, literally “WATER BOILER”) this is why german
tags: Aye, Siwmae!,
from: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/jake-the-fox/79033912828