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minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoEnglish Tortoise. German Schildkröte, literally “Shield Toad”. Checks out as moar frog.
minus-squareBlindPenguin@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoMore precisely a Landschildkröte, if it lives on land and a Wasserschildkröte" if it lives in water.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoInterestingly Finnish, a language in no way related to German, uses the same kind of words. Vesikilpikonna for water shield toad, maakilpikonna for land shied toad.
English Tortoise.
German Schildkröte, literally “Shield Toad”.
Checks out as moar frog.
More precisely a Landschildkröte, if it lives on land and a Wasserschildkröte" if it lives in water.
Interestingly Finnish, a language in no way related to German, uses the same kind of words.
Vesikilpikonna for water shield toad, maakilpikonna for land shied toad.