Re:Why the German language has so many great words
by gandarojin on Saturday March 12, 2016 @08:55AM
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“Student” comes from Latin “studens”, which grammatically is exactly the same as “studierend” (Partizip I in German / Present Active Participle in Latin). The difference in meaning is random.
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Re:Why the German language has so many great words
by Koshkin on Saturday March 12, 2016 @10:01AM
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Heh, but German is not Latin, and so 'student' in German, as often happens with borrowed words, has acquired a different meaning, viz. that of a noun in this case.
Re:Why the German language has so many great words
by gandarojin on Sunday March 13, 2016 @07:16AM
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Sorry, in Latin every adjective can also be used as a noun. So “studens” (“studierend”) can also mean “Studierende(r)”.
Edit: The point is, Latin “studens” also has the concurrency aspect to it, just as German “Studierender”. If you say “studens ambulat”, it means “He/she is taking a walk, while studying.”