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Re:The Awful German Language by sharpshadow on Friday May 16, 2025 @06:38AM (#44003753)
Windschatten is an exception.
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Re:The Awful German Language by Bost on Friday May 16, 2025 @08:18AM (#44004535)
Yes, "windshadow" one is more descriptive than "slipstream". (At least for me.)
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Re:The Awful German Language by lisper on Friday May 16, 2025 @02:56PM (#44008740)
"Rain shadow" is a common idiom in English. "Wind shadow" is not because English has multiple dedicated words for this concept, including "lee" [2] as well as slipstream.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward_and_leeward

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