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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "zoll-2" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "zoll-2" 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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“…because Germany uses the awesome, unbelievably practical metric system.”
hahaha…it’s true, it’s true…unfortunately, it’ll be a cold day in hell before the US ever moves to the metric system
at least here you can pay with credit cards (nearly) everywhere… ;)
btw, the other dictionaries I use list Zoll (in all its various definitions) as using der rather than das…is this one of those words that has evolved over time and maybe it was das in the past / in certain regions?
Great question. Duden says it’s only masculine, while Wiktionary says it can be “neuter” in some places.
Anyways, I have changed it to “der”, and I have also added the other meanings of “Zoll” (customs, tarriff), which are both “der”.
A friend from Canada recently called them “freedom units”. I think I’ll just start using that name too. It’d be too funny if this was in a dictionary some day. “actual units” vs “freedom units” *eagle screetching