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minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoIt’s a good example of English being thunderously prosaic. In French they’re called merles. Even German sounds more romantic: Amsel.
minus-squarepseudo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThank you for helping me improve my German as I improve in English (^_^)
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoSchwarzdrossel if you want to cleave closer to english, “black thrush”.
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoKoltrast in Swedish, meaning Coal thrush
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoInteresting, probably trast and drossel are distantly related words!
minus-squarepseudo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe two German names are for the same bird?
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoAmsel is Schwarzdrossel, yes, even though Amsel is in my experience the much more common term.
It’s a good example of English being thunderously prosaic. In French they’re called merles. Even German sounds more romantic: Amsel.
Thank you for helping me improve my German as I improve in English (^_^)
Schwarzdrossel if you want to cleave closer to english, “black thrush”.
Koltrast in Swedish, meaning Coal thrush
Interesting, probably trast and drossel are distantly related words!
The two German names are for the same bird?
Amsel is Schwarzdrossel, yes, even though Amsel is in my experience the much more common term.