In b4 some German/English speaker dissects this meme

    • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Silverware (Tafelsilber : banquet/table silver) exists.

      Besteck used to mean sheath, bestecken could be translated as to decorate with, stecken is to put into.

    • lugal@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      It’s not that food weapon is close to the German word but it’s the description this German guy came up with.

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      I could see the Swedish being translated as stabbers

      skriva: to write
      beskriva: to describe

      sticka: to stab
      bestick: stab-related noun?