In this episode:
A fun look at the meaning of "die Schwelle" and what doors have to do with ears and inhibitions. Also: some words for swellings.
Vocab:
schwellen, die Schwellung, die Schwiele, die Schwelle, schwül, schwul,...
Hello everyone,
and welcome to our German Word of the Day, this time with a look at
die Schwelle
And I’m sure that based on the looks of it, many of you immediately thought of to swell.
But are things really as they seem?
I mean… looks can be deceiving, right?
But then again, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is one.
In fact, I’m curious as to just how suspicious you really are of German, so let’s do a little poll.

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