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Saturday, 5 November 2005 11:21
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The German word for "nipple" translates literally as "breast wart". No, seriously.

(Though since it's been lexicalised, I'd imagine that most native German speakers tend not to think of warts when talking about nipples; that is, they tend to use it as an unanalysable single-part name, much like, say, "guinea pig", which is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig, yet most native English speakers probably think of neither when they say the name unless they consciously pick it apart.)

Date: Saturday, 5 November 2005 11:01 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elgrande.livejournal.com
I think of it as two breast warts, I think, but the word "Warze" is not fully there in its usual meaning. As has been suggested in the comment before, "Brustwarze" sounds something like "breast nipple" to me.

Date: Saturday, 5 November 2005 11:03 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elgrande.livejournal.com
I have no idea why I put "two" there.

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