UloPe t1_ityjv65 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:43 AM

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Fun fact, „Hose“ means trousers in German.

Skud_NZ t1_itynf2q wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:33 AM

I thought it was "a whales vagina" in German?

emmmmceeee t1_itynvjf wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:39 AM

Agree to disagree.

Zwets t1_itz9eb3 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 12:11 PM

"Hosen" means trousers. A "Hose" would be a trouser, referring to a single pant-leg. As might be expected, needing to refer to 1 half bifurcated trousers doesn't come up in conversation often.

I think "puts on his pants 1 leg at a time, just like the rest of us" isn't used as a proverb in German. Though it could also be my German family members have never had cause to use their version of it.

UloPe t1_iu08bbn wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:21 PM

That’s not correct. A „Hose“ is singular and means a complete garment. Hosen is plural and means more than one (except in Bavaria but that’s dialect and doesn’t count).