• @doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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    291 year ago

    I don’t see anything wrong with gesundheit. It means health. And really I feel like the German expression is just saying - be healthy dammit, and stop sneezing!

    • @onion@feddit.de
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      51 year ago

      You can also say “Schönheit – gesund biste ja”: “Beauty – you’re already healthy after all”

    • Flying Squid
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      21 year ago

      That’s what my German grandfather taught me to say and it’s what I say.

    • @shrugal@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I started saying “Gesundung” as a joke 10 years ago, and now I can’t stop. It’s not a real word, but if it were it would mean “Getting healthy”. Seemed more appropriate to me at the time, and still kinda does.