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mrkgnao on June 19, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stop Buying Things and Start Borrowing Them

> borrow to someone

lend.

I think some European languages have the same word for both lend* and borrow (German?): is that actually the case?

tripzilch on June 20, 2017 [–]

Dutch. We say "lenen aan" and "lenen van", resp. "lend to" and "lend from" aka "borrow".

We also use the same word for nephew and cousin.

I'm not sure about German, but they do got "sea" and "lake" mixed up ;)

mrkgnao on June 24, 2017 | [–]

Indeed, Meer and See are excellent words.

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