11-17-2019, 11:36 PM
(11-17-2019, 09:40 PM)Davevoid Wrote:(11-17-2019, 01:38 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: P.S. Figured out how to type an umlaut, and corrected in original. Learned something today!
That's great, man, I just don't think you'll have much use for that new-found knowledge. Then again, you might try to sneak in a reference to Motörhead in each of your recaps, or something...
(11-17-2019, 01:31 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote: Burg is more fortress I think, while Schloss is castle.
Basically means something like spice fortress or spiced fortress or spicing fortress.
Yes and no - it's kinda complicated, lol. I'm impressed by your translation of the city name, pretty much spot on!
A Burg is basically a fortified castle, with all the movie-cliched stuff like thick walls, moats, high towers, and the like. These are typical for medieval times.
A Schloss on the other hand refers to some sort of residential palace, with no visible defensive structures.
Now, while a Festung (fortress) might look like a Burg from the outside, it typically occupies a larger area and has more sophisticated, sprawling fortifications.
I guess some pics might illustrate the differences:
Burg Eltz
https://www.welt.de/img/reise/deutschlan...anne-4.jpg
Schloss Herrenchiemsee
[/url][url=https://www.bayern.by/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fotolia_36761594_subscription_xl_3840-1024x369.jpg]https://www.bayern.by/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fotolia_36761594_subscription_xl_3840-1024x369.jpg
Festung Marienberg (the one towering above Würzburg)
https://deacademic.com/pictures/dewiki/7..._10_11.jpg
And no, I'm not in the travel industry, even though we've got several thousands of these things all over Germany...
No need to torture the US guys with any umlaut, when you might just replace Ü with UE and are still using proper/correct German grammar ;-)
(coming from a German who's currently trying to learn Japanese)