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Current topic: german animal names and their literal meaning

bat
Fledermaus (flutter mouse)

butterfly
Schmetterling (one who smashes)

firefly
Glühwürmchen (little glowing worm)

guinea pig
Meerschweinchen (little sea pig)

turtle
Schildkröte (shield toad)

platypus
Schnabeltier (beak animal)

porcupine
Stachelschwein (spike pig)

raccoon
Waschbär (washing bear)

seal
Seehund (lake dog)

sloth
Faultier (lazy animal)

slug
Nacktschnecke (naked snail)

squirrel
Eichhörnchen (oak croissant)

What does the butterfly smash?

Burglars. Germans have watch butterflies instead of watch dogs.

Their dogs are what they use to keep the beds warm at night, or to guide tipsy friends home.

All of these sounds about right, but I can't seem to follow butterfly, guinea pig, and oak croissant. XDD

Some more to enjoy:

armadillo
Gürteltier (belt animal)

mole
Maulwurf (mouth throw)

rhinoceros
Nashorn (nose horn)

skunk
Stinktier (stinking animal)

squid
Tintenfisch (ink fish)

I have just found the armadillos. I was freaking out when i saw them

"Little sea pig"? Oh dear, sounds as though guineas went in the stew pot at sea...

Some less weird German animal names: yes, they also exist

Katze (cat, female)
Kater (cat, male)
Hund (dog)
Maus (mouse)
Pferd (horse)
Affe (monkey)

"D-Don't forget 'spinne'... it means 'spider'."

That's right! You're a brilliant student, Koprina.

Today we're learning the names of Trisphee's event items. Because there's a whole lot of them, and wouldn't it be cool if you're able to recall them all?

Küken
Spinne (as our lovely Koprina here already mentioned)
Ratte
Hahn
Henne
Gans
... *blinks* ... *deep breath* Lamahorn
Ferkel or Schwein, if you'd rather learn the adult form
Schlange
Kuh
We already learned this. Who remembers?
Drache or Lindwurm, if you really want to impress others with your random knowledge

Um. How is "Pferd" for horse less weird?

Because it doesn't translate to something silly like oak croissant. But speaking of translations, be the first person to match the different horse names with their right language and win 20 berries.

___ 1) Dutch _________________________ a) arklys
___ 2) Finnish _______________________ b) caballo
___ 3) Japanese ______________________ c) ceffyl
___ 4) Latvian _______________________ d) hest
___ 5) Lithuanian ____________________ e) hevonen
___ 6) Norwegian _____________________ f) paard
___ 7) Spanish _______________________ g) uma
___ 8) Welsh _________________________ h) zirgs

-Takes notes-

I like Schildkröte/shield toad for turtle. It makes them sound weirder and cuter.

1) Dutch f
2) Finnish _e__
3) Japanese __g_
4) Latvian h
5) Lithuanian a_
6) Norwegian d
7) Spanish _b__
8) Welsh c_


Jerry is a Nacktschnecke