Friday, July 29, 2011

word of the day (click here to listen)

Kreißsaal (m)  
delivery room


Note:
In high German it is with ß, if your keyboard has none, you can take the ss which makes it Kreisssaal (3 s). It has nothing to do with Kreis (circle); it stems from the old German word "kreißen" (= gebären / to bear).

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