• Sidyctism2
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    1 day ago

    rad

    thats funny because it also means “wheel” in german. you know, like a car?

        • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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          5 hours ago

          To be clear, mucch like in Czech, the actual name for the vehicle is longer: Fahrrad / jízdní kolo, literally “riding wheel”.

          But people omit the redundant part that specifies what kind of wheel when in context, such as “ride a bike”: Rad fahren / jezdit na kole.