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Is a Seal a “Lake Dog” and a Seeman a “Lake Man”?
I’m teaching myself German and recently learned the word for “seal”- Seehund. I made a comment to a friend that Seehund is such an appropriate name for this animal since (I thought) it translates to “Sea Dog”.
My friend pointed out:
Meer = Sea
See = Lake
Therefore
Seehund = Lake Dog
Seeman = Lake Man
Can anyone explain why these two words are this way and not “Meerhund” and “Meerman”?
u/GiveMeYourDwnvts — 10 hours ago