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GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: PLATZHIRSCH

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Feb 13, 2025
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Friedrich I King in Prussia (former Elector Friedrich III)

A word that made it from hunting lingo into everyday German, and meaning “a dominant stag” in the former and “a bigwig” in the latter.

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