Hi, everyone,
Here are all the definitions:
http://www.dict.cc/?s=weg&btngo=Go%21
http://www.dict.cc/?s=weg&btngo=Go%21
gotta love that Google!
Cheers,
Pete
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To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] what is "weg"? -- Getting off-topic now ;-)
Date: 27 Nov 2005 19:38:02 UT
Mike Farmer wrote:
"I think he means "Way" as in a street name."
Axel wrote:
"I'm not sure but it could mean West European Community (Gemeinschaft)."
Peter Marmet wrote: "Yes, it means Street or Road!"
Hi Mike, Axel, Peter, Martin, and List,
I think Mike is right although "weg" can have several different meanings
depending
on the context. What a fine opportunity to show our list members how closely
related
German and English are - they are both Germanic (or Teutonic) languages
after all.
So look and listen: a German "t" is often a "d" in English, and "ag" or "eg"
is "ay"
or "ai". Here are some examples:
Weg - way / Tag - day / lag - lay / sag - say / mag - may / Segel - sail
Some more?
The German syllable "-ark-" or "-org-" is often represented by the English
"row"
Look here: Mark => marrow / Sorge => sorrow / Morgen => (to-) morrow.
German -elb- or -alg- or -olg- can change into "low": gelb => yellow / Talg
=> tallow / folgen => follow
Sorry, I couldn't resist ;-)
Bernd
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