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minus-squareLupus108@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWow, those Germans have a word for everything.
minus-squarexkbx@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah the bottom two are straight up French words.
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAnd they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSo once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I’m used to it haha.
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.
Wow, those Germans have a word for everything.
It’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering
Yeah the bottom two are straight up French words.
And they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.
So once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I’m used to it haha.