Coolest Things I Learned in 2018

Re:Coolest Things I Learned in 2018 by msla on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:01PM (#18857106)

Yes, Sonder is a word in German which means "special", as in the German term Sonderweg which is the German equivalent of "American Exceptionalism" ("German Exceptionalism", I suppose).

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Re:Coolest Things I Learned in 2018 by bn-usd-mistake on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @07:54PM (#18861355)

The German "sonder" referred to in this branch of the conversation (i.e. meaning special) is not a word on its own but a prefix for other words [0] (remember that germans like to build words from multiple separate parts and words).

While "sonder" itself is a word, it means something different when used on its own (without) [1].

0: https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Sonder_ 1: https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/sonder

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Re:Coolest Things I Learned in 2018 by beat on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:16PM (#18857259)

Any word in any language can be turned into an English word, simply by mispronouncing it.

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Re:Coolest Things I Learned in 2018 by wenc on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:51PM (#18858287)

Sonder is also quite a pedestrian word in German, as in "sonderangebot" (special offer, or sale!)

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