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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "albtraum" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "albtraum" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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I was just reading up about “Alb”. Super interesting. Although i knew the english “elf” comes from alb they are actually quiet different beings…
I think in some fantasy literature “Elfen/Elben” and “Alben” exist with the latter being “the bad ones”. I don’t have an example though.
interesting. I have avoided reading any fantasy and sci-fi in german so far because i thought it might be confusing with made up words and a world that isn’t recognisable. I mean, i don’t really read that much in english either these days but thats for other reasons….
I have to say that I prefer reading fantasy in German (I haven’t done it either for years).
Many English authors who are not that skilled overuse the Latin branch of the English dictionary too much for me and that takes me out of a fantasy world.
Good authors (IMO) use more Germanic words which is just a better fit for fantasy for me.
And German generally uses LESS Latin based words.
But the most famous German fantasy authors SUCK SOOO MUCH!!
There’s one who churns out book after book after book and it’s all trash. No cohesive story, no arc… like a 14 year old writing some Tolkien fan fiction.
Good fantasy is so hard to find, man, that’s why I stopped reading.
And also, I hate that they can’t just finish their freaking story. I did like The tattooed man very much for its world building but then he kept going and going and going and you could tell that this was not really the vision in the beginning.
My favorite was the Kingslayer Chronicles. VERY interesting writing style and world.
Problem here is he doesn’t write the third book… JRRM-style.
So annoying, but I prefer that over someone who stretches out their story too much.
Anyway, sorry for rambling :)
Ah never heard of kingslayer chronicles. Maybe i will have time to read it one day ; ) A fantasy book written in english that I could recommend you is “The King of Irelands Son” by Padraig Colum…
btw i was listening to a podcast called ” The History of English Podcast” recently, specifically episode 168 Witches Demons and Faries which explores the language specific to folklore from the early modern period. Its quite good. Maybe you find this episode, or the podcast in general, interesting…
Hahaha, the first second I read it as
” The History of English Podcast”
In the sense of a podcast about the history of English podcasts and I was like wtf, why does this even exist :D