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[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Wait a moment, "schlepped" is an english word and it means the same like carrying? Because it's from german word "schleppen".

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In English, it's usually used in a context where there's some humor, frustration, or irony involved, like in the comic.

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay that sounds familiar. Germans use it the same way. Carry means "tragen" and nobody would use "schleppen" in a serious sentence.

[–] Johanno 6 points 1 day ago

Schleppen is an act of heavy carrying. So smb. carries (trägt) a pen from a to b. But smb. schleppt a 20kg canister of water from a to b.

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