WotD: leftovers

[muckefuck]

1. die Essenreste
2. de kliekjes, de etensreste
3. las sobras
4. les sobralles
5. les restes
6. an fuíollach
7. y gweddillion
8. resztki
9. 남은 음식 (남은 飮食)
10. 剩飯 shèngfàn
11. 残り物 (のこりもの)

Notes: It never occurred to me before that the word "leftovers" could be said to have two related but distinct meanings, namely food left over from a meal (e.g. "If there are any leftovers, put them in the fridge") and a meal made of such leftover food (e.g. "We're having leftovers for dinner tonight"). In German, these are distinguished respectively as Essenreste and Resteessen, which amuses me.

Comments

[anicca-anicca2.livejournal.com]

Fugen-s +1
And what lovely German words those two are, what with all the"r"s, "e"s and glottal stops. They're probably the essence of how German sounds to non-German-speakers, haha.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I think most of the non-German-speakers I've known would say something like, "Is that German? There aren't enough throat-clearing sounds." The essence of how German sounds to them would be something like "Gehölzkundfachsprache".