HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoYou know when something's on the tip of your tongue and — as frustrating as it is — you'd prefer to try and think of it rather than look it up? There should be a word for that.message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareYou know when something's on the tip of your tongue and — as frustrating as it is — you'd prefer to try and think of it rather than look it up? There should be a word for that.HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareexixx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years agoThere’s probably a word for it in German or Swedish. I bet it’s long and hard to pronounce, maybe with a non-English pronunciation symbol.
minus-squarejasep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoGoogle translate says “Zungenspitze” is the German word for “tip of tongue”.
minus-squarecmbabul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI’d be surprised if there isn’t a German word for it
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoI think it’s “tipphoffzetongue”
There’s probably a word for it in German or Swedish. I bet it’s long and hard to pronounce, maybe with a non-English pronunciation symbol.
Google translate says “Zungenspitze” is the German word for “tip of tongue”.
I’d be surprised if there isn’t a German word for it
I think it’s “tipphoffzetongue”