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Date: | Sat, 1 May 1999 02:29:09 -0400 |
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Hello all,
I am not a native German speaker, but I have been doing some counseling
here (Switzerland ) in German. The word for breastfeeding in German is
"stillen" . It also means to "soothe pain" , "satisfy desire" and "quench
thirst". The German word for silent or quiet is "still", but I dont' know
if the two are related. I think that this is a great word and also
describes what our thoughts of "nursing" are all about. German is
wonderfully literal. A newborn baby is a Säugling literally meaning a "a
small sucking person" because the verb säugen means "to suckle" and also to
breastfeed, however I have never heard this verb used before referring to
bf. One other interesting word is the word for nipple. It is called a
Brustwarze, translated to English, breast wart!! I think that this is all
correct, but if the native speakers on the list would like to correct me,
please do!!
This discussion is not only fun and interesting, I think that many of us
will be surprised when we find ourselves in a situation where we can use
our new vocabulary words.
Tschüss
Merilee Reeder
Basel, CH
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