OZY Daily Dose

Beyond English: Untranslatable Words


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Growing up, our reporter Isabelle Lee loved listening to her mom, grandmother and aunt speak German at the dinner table. That was until she learned that they were using German as a code with which to talk about her sister and her, literally over their heads. They felt that sitting patiently through these seemingly endless, incomprehensible conversations meant that they could sit through anything. Of course, there’s a German word that sums up that particular concept — sitzfleisch. But what other super-specific, untranslatable words are out there? Join us for a dive into OZY’s archives and the minds of our editorial team to learn about words you never knew you needed.
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