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  • Re: (German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)

    From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Sun Nov 16 18:48:41 2025
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    nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:

    HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    (German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)

    Or from Dutch 'waarschuwing' (E. warning)
    Or from Mittelniederdeutsch 'warschuwinge'


    is it a complete coincidence that (German) Wahrschau also means Warsaw?

    It isn't a coincidence at all.
    The capital of Poland is Warschau, (in German) not Wahrschau,

    Jan



    Thanks! I'll study your comments ... within a few hours.



    There is a brand in Japan called [Schau Essen] --- is that from Europe?

    ------- (AI says No) Ist Das wahr????
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  • From nospam@nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Sun Nov 16 22:42:25 2025
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    HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:

    HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    (German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)

    Or from Dutch 'waarschuwing' (E. warning)
    Or from Mittelniederdeutsch 'warschuwinge'


    is it a complete coincidence that (German) Wahrschau also means Warsaw?

    It isn't a coincidence at all.
    The capital of Poland is Warschau, (in German) not Wahrschau,

    Jan



    Thanks! I'll study your comments ... within a few hours.



    There is a brand in Japan called [Schau Essen] --- is that from Europe?

    ------- (AI says No) Ist Das wahr????

    They say:
    ===
    The German word "Schau" is the English word for "show," meaning
    "theater" or "appreciation," and "Essen" means "dining table" or "food."
    ====

    So Japanese German, of a kind,

    Jan
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