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Section: Stuff I Looked Up
Type: Explanation
Date: September 25, 2024
Words: 81

“It’s German for ‘double-walker.’ Historically, it has some spiritual component. Seeing your doppelganger was a bad omen, or it involved a haunting of some kind. The concept of a sinister doppelganger is common to many languages and cultures. In modern English, it’s generally used simply to mean…”

Hinterland

Section: Stuff I Looked Up
Type: Explanation
Date: December 28, 2024
Words: 57

“ This is German for ‘land in back of.’ It’s often used to refer to land inland from a coast, but is always used to generally mean ‘the area away from the center of something.’ ”

Schloss

Section: Stuff I Looked Up
Type: Explanation
Date: October 1, 2022
Words: 128

“ This is the German version of a French chateau or an English country home. ”