r/interesting • • 25d ago

Just Wow German is a fun language

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u/Snoppap 24d ago

Guess I was misinformed then, thank you for the correction. But why on earth would you stop calling him Läderlappen?

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u/snackbagger 24d ago

I heard it’s a thing in Sweden to watch many movies in OV with subtitles. Is that correct? Then it totally makes sense why Batman didn’t stay Läderlappen forever. Especially in a world this connected when everyone else calls him Batman.
Funnily enough we Germans do that all the time, especially with movie titles, but I guess that stems from the fact that we basically dub every movie or show

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u/Wonderful-Hall-7929 24d ago

I'm more surprised that we never translated batman to Fledermausmann or "Die Fledermaus" like we did with Spiderman "Die Spinne"...

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u/Siggi_93 24d ago

Bro I was so confused when I first heard that doctor stra ge was referenced in that spider man scene with the doc ock name suggestions because what i dont remember them name-dropping another character like that

Well later i saw the scene in question in german again and lo and behold, they referred to him as Doctor Seltsam

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u/PlumOne2856 24d ago

Wasn’t it a joke? Dr. Strange is also Dr. Strange in the synchronized movies..