Astrid Reisinger CoraciniNov 19, 2022
Jens Clasen

The German word "verlegen" can mean:

1. to misplace, to put something somewhere and not being able to find it anymore
2. to publish something (actually putting something where EVERYONE is able to find it)
3. embarrassed
4. to reschedule
5. to relocate

So, the sentence "Der Verleger war verlegen, weil er das Manuskript, das er verlegen wollte, verlegt hatte, und darum alle Termine verlegen musste" makes perfect sense.

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

Nov 18, 2022 at 12:23pmWeb
Show threadJens ClasenNov 18, 2022

The sentence in English:

The publisher was embarrassed because he had misplaced the manuscript he wanted to publish and therefore had to reschedule all the appointments.

(Hats off to Google Translate that got it about right.)

Show threadThanasis KiniasNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen
Yes, I also just discovered that Google Translate could handle it—that’s frankly very impressive for machine translation!
Show threadrugkNov 19, 2022
@tkinias @jensclasen #DeepL is likely netter anyway🤪
Show threadjay_kayNov 21, 2022
@jensclasen
Interesting.
DeepL translates:
„The publisher was embarrassed because he had misplaced the manuscript he was going to publish, and therefore had to move all the deadlines"
Show threadDer Deutscher 🇪🇺🇺🇦Dec 13, 2022

@jensclasen

Beeindruckend! Nur mit dass/das hat’s Google noch nicht so: 😁

»Did you mean: Der Verleger war verlegen, weil er das Manuskript, dass er verlegen wollte, verlegt hatte, und darum alle Termine verlegen musste«

(»dass« ist fettkursiv dargestellt)

Show threads' MariannderlNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen 😂
Show threadFerryoonsNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen Thank you so much for that.
Show threadTobias WimbauerNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen Bonus: Laminat oder Fliesen verlegen
Show threadMareiNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen CC @paulocereda ;)
Show threadHelenNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen That's a fantastically versatile word.
Show threadChris Der EnglanderNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen danke danke
Show threadTobias WimbauerNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen zweiter Bonus: "ein Rohr verlegen"
Show threadHanTre9Nov 18, 2022

@jensclasen

„Rohr verlegen“ und Rohre / Kabel verlegen vergessen…

Show threadIngo SteinkeNov 18, 2022
@jensclasen and don't forget flooring parquet ("Parkett verlegen")
Show threadJThomo🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen love German, half of my degree, but this is the stuff that has always thrown me!
Show threadLaraNov 19, 2022
@jensclasen No wonder I find German language interesting and a bit difficult. But who am I judging, being Danish 😅😬
Show threadAndersNov 19, 2022
@jensclasen , The Swedish word "förlägga" comes from "vorlegen", and it has almost the same meanings, with some tweaks further down the list. Languages are fascinating!
Show thread🍉 Grüne Armee Fraktion💙💛Nov 19, 2022

@jensclasen

*verlegt ein paar Kacheln*

*findet sie wieder*

Show threadRemus 🍿Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen In Dutch it means 'shy'.
Show threadxs4me2Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen Tolle Sache!
Show threadjakob.pxiNov 19, 2022

@jensclasen analytic languages(1) laugh in zero-conversion(2).

1) a linguistic term for languages that rely on syntax, rather than morphology, to encode grammatical categories

2) Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

granted, there are some shenanigans with homonyms involved in the famous Buffalo sentence.

2) b) Zero conversion is the linguistic term for switching word classes without morphological add-ons.

Languages are fun!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
#linguistics

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - Wikipedia

Show threadofficialFXDX Nov 19, 2022

@jensclasen @jakob The english "Buffalo..." sentence seems to be similar to the german

„Weichen Weichen weichen Weichen, weichen Weichen weichen Weichen.“ ?

Show threadJochen Spieker 🫥Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen In dem Satz fehlt noch was mit Zug oder Schlag, dann wäre Mark Twain stolz auf Dich. 😄
Show threadHans-MartinNov 19, 2022
@jensclasen Fliesen oder Parkett verlegen geht auch noch, passt nur nicht mehr in den Satz...
Show threadBen MillerNov 19, 2022
@jensclasen yet somehow I have to read it only one time to understand the meaning
Show threadsatmdNov 19, 2022
@jensclasen and it can mean "to publish"
Show threadMartin 🇺🇦Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen Und mir tut der Nacken weh, ich glaub ich habe mich heute Nacht verlegen 😅
Show threadℕ𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen I am reminded of the English sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - Wikipedia

Show threadDavid MaherNov 19, 2022

@jensclasen Verlegen means 'misplaced' and Vergessen means 'forgotten'. Yes?

As in:

Du Hast Der Fabfilm Vergessen

Show threadW9SSN✅Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen here’s an idea - let’s create new words by just jamming existing words together regardless of how long that makes the new one!
Show threadBike Lin - 44Nov 19, 2022
@jensclasen Did someone mention that it can also mean the painful sensation of a sore muscle in one’s neck or back after sleeping? „Ich habe mich verlegen.“
Show threadMartijn de RijkNov 19, 2022
@jensclasen Thé Dutch word ‘verlegen’ means ‘shy’
Show threadKREYREN Nov 20, 2022
@jensclasen Are you people actually actively trying to make my life more of a living hell? (has german as second language and needs to control it perfectly to pass the german-czech teacher he has a sadistic psychopath)
Show threadPeter Kretzman (he/him)Nov 20, 2022
@jensclasen deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache.
Show threadDogeMocenigoNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen The weirdest thing is that, as a German speaker, I read that sentence and not only it made perfectly sense, but it did not even sound awkward to me.
Show threadTomNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen German is a very hard language. If you didn't understand a sentence the question to elaborate is written "Wie bitte?" and pronounced "Häää?"
Show threadThoreNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen lol 😂😂😂
Show threadEmanuelNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen Vielleicht hat der Verleger auch sein Manusskript verlegt, wer einen Boden verlegen musste! 😊
Show threadsabethelisaNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen 👌😃
Show threadMastoDon JuanNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen nun, ich war verlegen, auf Twitter zu sein, also habe ich Twitter verlegt, weil ich mich nach Mastodon verlegt habe.
Show threadHolger WeidenNov 20, 2022

@jensclasen And a German will understand the sentence and the different meanings of the word ‚verlegen‘ perfectly at the first reading.

Enjoy our brains!

Show threadMartin PuppeNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen “umfahren” is also fun. The meaning depends on the intonation. “Fußgänger bitte umfahren!”
Show threadʅσƚƚα ™ - σɾ ɯԋαƚ⁉️Nov 20, 2022
@jensclasen love it 🤓😂
Show threadmandelbrot57 🐿️ 🧶Nov 20, 2022
@jensclasen Thx, made my day! 😂
Show threadT_RecksNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen ich hoffe ich mache niemanden verlegen, aber der Handwerker kann einem Parkett und Laminat in der Wohnung verlegen! Ist das eine weitere Bedeutung oder unter dem verlegen (öffentlich/auffindbar machen) zu verorten?
Show thread⇐∗∗⇒ Jean-Luc - POI I7FI ✅Nov 20, 2022
@jensclasen
"Der verlegene Verleger, der sich auf legeres Lehrmaterial verlegt hatte, war um eine Antwort verlegen, weil er das Manuskript, das er verlegen wollte, verlegt hatte, und verlegte darum alle Termine."
Show threadmakefuNov 20, 2022
@jensclasen Please do not forget the meaning in nfsw-space - "ein Rohr verlegen". It would be great if you could update your sentence accordingly ;)
Show threadGrlfNov 21, 2022
@jensclasen Funny. In the Dutch language "verlegen" means: shy.
Show threadS. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Nov 21, 2022
@jensclasen ahaha I love this
Show threadJudyNov 25, 2022
@jensclasen also in German "umfahren" and "umfahren" can man the opposite (to drive around something or to knock over) 😅
Show threadAndreas HöfeldDec 4, 2022

@jensclasen
Ich sagte, die Ampel um/fahren/ und nicht die Ampel /um/fahren.

Nachdem der Fahrschüler die Ampel nicht umfahren, sondern umgefahren hatte.