Hey, very good point - the information I have does not really deny such wider possibilities - updated accordingly.

By the way - in Dutch, which can seem like a parody of German to non-native speakers, although it's uitrit (out ride) as written but yet everyone calls it an afslag (off-hit literally (erm huh?)). But there is another literally similar to German Dutch word uitvaart which is even closer to the English expression you refer to. Unfortunately, or perhaps more comically depending on your sense of humour, uitvaart means a funeral service in Dutch. You have to have an even more twisted black-humour (like mine) to find that funny ;) (hint: make a noise when reporting bad news about a person's health - or you can imagine a non-Dutch-speaking German accidentally going to a funeral instead of taking an exit - or both at the same time if it's a driving accident ;)) - and then there's the advertisement I saw in Amsterdam for german lessons "Kommen Sie klahr ins Deutsche?" - in Dutch, klaar kommen (lit. "coming ready") is erm shall we say sexual in nature ... I am sure there are many many more opportunites for fun with all three languages. Notwithstanding Monty Python's Hungarian phrase book sketch of course.

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In reply to Re^9: The Germanic language form by Moron
in thread The Germanic language form by Win

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