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minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoThat word looks like “over-ashing”, like a teenager overreacting to something their parents said by burning down the house.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoIt’s actually “Überraschung”, two r’s. Overreacting by developing several rashes?
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoüber - over, above rasch - rash (adverb), quick, hasty So a literal translation of Überraschung would be something like overrashness. Something that happens very quickly and unexpectedly.
That word looks like “over-ashing”, like a teenager overreacting to something their parents said by burning down the house.
It’s actually “Überraschung”, two r’s. Overreacting by developing several rashes?
über - over, above
rasch - rash (adverb), quick, hasty
So a literal translation of Überraschung would be something like overrashness. Something that happens very quickly and unexpectedly.