Re: OT: Official language post
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 15:06 |
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--- Andrew Smith skrzypszy:
> >Yeah, you got suckered just like I did. It means "resurrection".
Umm, not entirely. The correct Dutch translation of "resurrection" would IMHO
be: "wederopstanding".
> Fair enough, but what's "insurrection", then? Opstand?
Yes, that's correct.
> Assuming it is, it'd make a nice parallel with German, anyway:
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> insurrection / Aufstand / opstand
> resurrection / Auferstehung / opstanding
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> It's not so surprising these words are confused with each other. I bet they
> are in English too.
Yes. Of course, both derive from the verb "opstaan", the simplest meaning of
which being: "to get up, to stand up".
Jan
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