comicstrips·Comic StripsbySnokenKeekaGuard Waste of luggageView original on lemmy.dbzer0.com345Comments9Reply
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".38Reply
aaltasshet replylemmy.ca2Hide 2 repliesMy guess would be that the word made it into the English vocabulary via Yiddish.43Reply
bbstix replyfeddit.dkIt exists with different spellings in all the Scandinavian languages as well, borrowed from old Saxon.12Reply
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.22Reply
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.9Reply
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.7Reply
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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.
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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