Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Now, there are a few obvious uses of bird names that I really needn’t cover, like our ambivalence towards the house sparrow. Its nickname “Spatz” is one of our most common terms of endearment, yet “Dreckspatz” translates to dirt sparrow and describes a person with questionable body hygiene.
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