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And is it Hexenbär or Sechsbär?

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[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That does it, I'm calling the volcel police on that entire language! angry-hex

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

germans playing battleship putting all their ships on G6 troll picard-troll

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

I'm just imaging people in some Berlin club requesting the song Like A G6 and having people respond by saying "Oh no thanks, I'm straight" hahaha

[–] VOLCEL_POLICE@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

The VOLCEL POLICE are on the scene! PLEASE KEEP YOUR VITAL ESSENCES TO YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.

نحن شرطة VolCel.بناءا على تعليمات الهيئة لترويج لألعاب الفيديو و النهي عن الجنس نرجوا الإبتعاد عن أي أفكار جنسية و الحفاظ على حيواناتكم المنويَّة حتى يوم الحساب. اتقوا الله، إنك لا تراه لكنه يراك.

volcel-police

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds way too short to be a German word.

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

The long ones are all compound words like Sechsbärbenutzer*innensprachgebrauchseigenheit.

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For those of you who play fantasy RPGs, have fursonas, or are looking for a band name: Hexenbär means witchbear

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But it has that etymological overlap with hex in the english word that means like curse or whatever and it sounds like a germanised verson of "hexbear" so I kinda like it. Big missed opportunity with Halloween having just slipped by before I came across this word boohoo

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would have gone with Hexenbieren but maybe that's a flaw in my faux-German.

I think the best translation would be Sechseckigerbär but I speak barstool German at best.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Sechseckiger Bär would be the correct translation for hexagonal bear.

Realistically, you could just translate it to "Hexbär" because German also has the "hex-" prefix to indicate the number six. Otherwise I'd also go with "Sechsbär."

With regards to what @ReadFanon@hexbear.net said: In English, witches hex stuff. If a witch hexes a bear, it is now a hexed bear. That doesn't work quite as well in German because while the word for witch is Hexe, the verb is "verhexen". So instead of "a hexed bear", you end up with "ein verhexter Bär."

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

More German than I speak!

[–] xXShadowXx@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

He mentions hexbear.

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounds like the name of a health condition

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sechseckbärenvorratslagerbestandsüberwachungssystemanpassungsfehlerdiagnoseprotokollerstellungsversuch

[–] SilverLous@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Klingt gut.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

SHITTENBJORN

[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

HexenBearreich

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sechsbär is what I do with your mom

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Heh, sexbar

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago