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minus-squarepseudolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIs it call a Blackbird in English or is it just a colour description ?
minus-squarefederal reverse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoThey are indeed called blackbirds.
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt’s a good example of English being thunderously prosaic. In French they’re called merles. Even German sounds more romantic: Amsel.
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoSchwarzdrossel if you want to cleave closer to english, “black thrush”.
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoKoltrast in Swedish, meaning Coal thrush
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoInteresting, probably trast and drossel are distantly related words!
minus-squarepseudolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe two German names are for the same bird?
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAmsel is Schwarzdrossel, yes, even though Amsel is in my experience the much more common term.
minus-squarepseudolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThank you for helping me improve my German as I improve in English (^_^)
Is it call a Blackbird in English or is it just a colour description ?
They are indeed called blackbirds.
It’s a good example of English being thunderously prosaic. In French they’re called merles. Even German sounds more romantic: Amsel.
Schwarzdrossel if you want to cleave closer to english, “black thrush”.
Koltrast in Swedish, meaning Coal thrush
Interesting, probably trast and drossel are distantly related words!
The two German names are for the same bird?
Amsel is Schwarzdrossel, yes, even though Amsel is in my experience the much more common term.
Thank you for helping me improve my German as I improve in English (^_^)