and welcome to our German Word of the Day. Roughly 100 years ago, Wilhelm Busch (a hyper famous German poet) wrote this.
Wir mögen keinem gerne gönnen, dass er was kann, was wir nicht können.
It’s a nice rhyme, but also a bit of truth about human nature. Today we’ll find out why, because we’ll have a look at the meaning of
gönnen
And as similar as it looks and sounds to können – being able to gönnen can be REAL challenge because it means overcoming one of the strongest adversaries out there … and no nerds, I don’t mean Thanos. I’m talking about our ego.
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