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		jacobush on Oct 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Awful German Language (1880) Yes, yes, but to my ear, "zeug" feels closer to "thing" than "stuff" in these examples. That's no less funny.

the8472 on Oct 5, 2018 [–]

-zeug indicates that it is a set of things. Historically the fire stuff has been a set of tools to make fire. Zaumzeug was the set of gear you put on a horse etc.

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