comicstrips·Comic StripsbySnokenKeekaGuard Waste of luggageView original on lemmy.dbzer0.com345Comments10
Samsy lemmy.ml7Hide 7 repliesWait a moment, "schlepped" is an english word and it means the same like carrying? Because it's from german word "schleppen".38
aaltasshet replylemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesMy guess would be that the word made it into the English vocabulary via Yiddish.43
bbstix replyfeddit.dkIt exists with different spellings in all the Scandinavian languages as well, borrowed from old Saxon.12
qqjkxbmwvz replystartrek.website3Hide 3 repliesIn English, it's usually used in a context where there's some humor, frustration, or irony involved, like in the comic.22
Miles O'Brien replystartrek.website"I carried my equipment out to the car" Vs "I schlepped all my brothers' crap out to the car again"15
Samsy replylemmy.ml1Hide 1 replyOkay that sounds familiar. Germans use it the same way. Carry means "tragen" and nobody would use "schleppen" in a serious sentence.9
JJohanno replyfeddit.orgSchleppen is an act of heavy carrying. So smb. carries (trägt) a pen from a to b. But smb. schleppt a 20kg canister of water from a to b.7
Wait a moment, "schlepped" is an english word and it means the same like carrying? Because it's from german word "schleppen".
My guess would be that the word made it into the English vocabulary via Yiddish.
It exists with different spellings in all the Scandinavian languages as well, borrowed from old Saxon.
Makes sense. Thx.
In English, it's usually used in a context where there's some humor, frustration, or irony involved, like in the comic.
"I carried my equipment out to the car"
Vs
"I schlepped all my brothers' crap out to the car again"
Okay that sounds familiar. Germans use it the same way. Carry means "tragen" and nobody would use "schleppen" in a serious sentence.
Schleppen is an act of heavy carrying. So smb. carries (trägt) a pen from a to b. But smb. schleppt a 20kg canister of water from a to b.
Waste of Trunk Space.
FTFY ❤️
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