LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.08.05 (05) [E]

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <godsquad at cox.net>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.08.03 (08) [E]

«Too bad I just moved and can't find it,...»

Gabriele and List, all this talk about moving makes me think about an
encounter with HG that I had one night. Back when www.wordreference.com was
good and accessible to a Blindmann like me, it had a German dictionary. I
put the English word "move" into the dictionary, and whoa did I find some
things! It had eleven individual verbs plus expressions. It had everything
from "bewegen" to "transportieren". In the Lowland languages, do you pride
yourself on the amount of nuances between verbs that all translate to the
same word? How would you say "to move" in the sense of relocating to a
different house in a different place?
Ben J. Bloomgren

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From: R. F. Hahn
Subject: Lexicon

Ben,

In Low Saxon, at least in the western dialects, the older and "original" 
vers for 'to move (house)' is _verhuysen_ (<verhüsen>, from _huus_ <Huus> 
'house'), similar to Dutch _verhuizen_.  But these days _üm-trekken_ 
(<ümtrecken>) and _üm-teen_ (<ümtehn>) are more popularly used, assumedly 
inspired by German _umziehen_.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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