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Re: Need German equivalent of "crank"
Posted:
Nov 27, 2006 10:19 AM
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Am 27.11.2006 15:09 schrieb Larry Hammick:
> Any native German speakers in the house? I'm looking for the German
> equivalent, if there is one, of "crank", in the usual sci.math sense of
> that word.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Crank_%28person%29
> Crankosity, despite its great importance and worldwide prevalence, is
> treated at Wikipedia only in English, Danish, and Chinese. Now this
> room is full of experts on the subject, from all over the globe. Get to
> work, you guys.
>
Hmm, we are still behind the time, I'm afraid.
We -if not using the english word- still say:
"someone is sick/ill,'Krank'", we are not already
at the point to have a static noun for the
attribute/adjective of a process...
;-)
And I don't believe, such noun will be introduced,
since your nice english word "crank" sounds unsur-
passable precise and already full of associations
to the point...
Gottfried Helms
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