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minus-square@stroz@infosec.publinkfedilink18•2 months agoDidn’t know I’d be thinking about a “palate suppository” when I woke up today, but here it is.
minus-square@Successful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilink24•2 months agoThe word Zäpfchen itself is the diminutive of Zapfen, a stud, peg or pin. E.g. the fruits of needle trees are also called Zapfen, Tannen-, Fichten- or Kiefernzapfen. So Gaumenzäpfchen is a small stud dangling down from the palate.
minus-square@stroz@infosec.publinkfedilink12•2 months agoThis makes way more sense! (and also makes it obvious I currently do not speak German 😅)
Didn’t know I’d be thinking about a “palate suppository” when I woke up today, but here it is.
The word Zäpfchen itself is the diminutive of Zapfen, a stud, peg or pin. E.g. the fruits of needle trees are also called Zapfen, Tannen-, Fichten- or Kiefernzapfen. So Gaumenzäpfchen is a small stud dangling down from the palate.
This makes way more sense! (and also makes it obvious I currently do not speak German 😅)