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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "traumhaft" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "traumhaft" 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 wonder if this is a difficult to translate. What if you a talking about a film that is surreal and like a dream but dark and depressing i.e. not wonderful or divine?
Actually, “dreamlike” as the first translation option was a bit misplaced. The core of “traumhaft” is that something is really great – like when you say “It was like dream come true”.
It is NOT typically use to express the actual idea of something being dream-like so you’d not use “traumhaft” for a context like you described. You might find it used that way in novels, but in daily life, people would not use “traumhaft” because the “great”-meaning is just too strong.
ah cool, glad i asked about this. So if you wanted to describe something as “like a dream” are there adjectives specifically for this?
If you describe something as “wie ein Traum” that also sounds positive right?
Hmm, it leans positive yes. You’d say Alptraum for the negative or “schlechter Traum” if it’s not as intense.
If you’re talking colloquially, traum-mäßig could work.
I just picked up a copy of Bloodborne, as i thought i’d give it another go as i didn’t get on with it when I tried it a few years back. Anyway funnily the text on the cover:
“Tauche in Die alten Jäger tiefer in die alptraumhafte Welt von Bloodborne”
Ah, yeah,didn’t think of that. That one is clear. Like a nightmare!