• FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    Okay I know this is a Serious Post and very distressing.

    But is the German word for famine really "Hungersnot?"

    • Cigarette_comedian [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      I'm Norwegian, but 50% of our vocabulary is derived from German, and our word for famine is "Hungersnød". So yes, famine is indeed "Hungersnot" in German. A rough translation of the composite word here would be Hunger(Hungers) and Need(nød/not)