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minus-squareLupus108@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI knew flaneur as an adjective in German, for example when you go on a walk through a shopping street, without any intent of shopping you go “flanieren”. Just having a walk, looking at stores and people.
minus-squarexkbx@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYeah the bottom two are straight up French words.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoWow, those Germans have a word for everything.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt appears we took it from French, but we have it nevertheless.
I knew flaneur as an adjective in German, for example when you go on a walk through a shopping street, without any intent of shopping you go “flanieren”. Just having a walk, looking at stores and people.
It’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering
Yeah the bottom two are straight up French words.
Wow, those Germans have a word for everything.
It appears we took it from French, but we have it nevertheless.