Björn Tantau to [email protected] • 7 months agoIn Germany we say "Arbeitnehmerrechte" and I think that's beautifulswg-empire.deimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down141
arrow-up1962arrow-down1imageIn Germany we say "Arbeitnehmerrechte" and I think that's beautifulswg-empire.deBjörn Tantau to [email protected] • 7 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•7 months agoIsn’t “Arbeitsnehmer” one who takes labor? I would think the worker gives his or her labor, and the industrialist takes it.
minus-squareExusgulinkfedilink11•edit-27 months agoHere “arbeit” translates to “job” better than “labour”. One provides the job, the other takes the job (and consequently does the labour).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•7 months agoThey’re job providers, we need to give them all the tax breaks
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•edit-27 months agoArbeitnehmer (job taker) is employee, Arbeitgeber (job giver) is employer.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-14•7 months agoTakingoffspacesdoesnotmakeaword. Changemymind.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•7 months agoEnglish is an inferior language because it does not combine words into one when it would make sense to do so to avoid confusion. Change my mind.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•7 months agoThey use dashes, which is more readable (“self-sufficient”, and similar stuff), although idk if that’s what you meant
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 months agoI’ve been trying to think of an example, the only one I could think of is “assault rifle”. In Swedish, where we contract words, it would be “assaultrifle”, so it’s clear you’re not encouraging someone to beat up a rifle.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•7 months agoIt’s just combined words which would be in english single words. Nothing magical.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•7 months agoAverage English natives when they realize other languages exist
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•7 months agoSoy español. Los alemanes y su sentido del humor.
minus-squareCamelbeardlinkfedilink6•7 months agoIn Dutch we have werknemer and werkgever. Werknemer takes work (person with a job) Werkgever gives work (company hiring people)
Isn’t “Arbeitsnehmer” one who takes labor? I would think the worker gives his or her labor, and the industrialist takes it.
Here “arbeit” translates to “job” better than “labour”. One provides the job, the other takes the job (and consequently does the labour).
They’re job providers, we need to give them all the tax breaks
Arbeitnehmer (job taker) is employee, Arbeitgeber (job giver) is employer.
Takingoffspacesdoesnotmakeaword. Changemymind.
English is an inferior language because it does not combine words into one when it would make sense to do so to avoid confusion.
Change my mind.
They use dashes, which is more readable (“self-sufficient”, and similar stuff), although idk if that’s what you meant
I’ve been trying to think of an example, the only one I could think of is “assault rifle”. In Swedish, where we contract words, it would be “assaultrifle”, so it’s clear you’re not encouraging someone to beat up a rifle.
It’s just combined words which would be in english single words. Nothing magical.
Average English natives when they realize other languages exist
Soy español. Los alemanes y su sentido del humor.
I’m not german bro
In Dutch we have werknemer and werkgever.
Werknemer takes work (person with a job)
Werkgever gives work (company hiring people)