Simple German translation questions

[john g. 37,685]

A Messi is a comminlu used wird in Argentina to describe a soccer player who collects goals😂

[fraufruit 41,938]

59 minutes ago, HH_Sailor said:

A messie can't get rid of anything. Thus their space is filled with everything, including and especially rubbish/ trash

hamstern is not derogatory.

More of a total collector. Perhaps even over doing the collection...as in 100 toilet rolls, just in case.

 

 

So both are hoarders then.

[PandaMunich 16,568]

2 hours ago, Dembo said:

I thought Hamsterkauf had something to do with people running around, like a hamster in a wheel, but I've since learned it does mean to hoard in the more moderate buy way more than you need sense. In English we squirrel things away, which makes sense as squirrels do that, but do hamsters hamstern? 

See here: https://uepo.de/2020/03/27/wer-hamstert-ist-ein-schuft-gfds-beleuchtet-wortfeld-hamstern-sprachlich-und-historisch/

• Hamster bewahren Nahrung in ihren charakteristischen Backentaschen auf und sie legen in ihren Bauten Vorräte an. Hamster hamstern also.
• Hamsters keep food in their characteristic cheek pouches and they store food in their burrows. So hamsters do hoard.

Observe his cheeks: 

https://web.de/magazine/wissen/natur-umwelt/xxl-backen-hamster-stopft-karotten-maeulchen-37307110

[HH_Sailor 3,532]

To describe someone in German as a hamster suggests they actively go and get/buy things.

 

A Messie however doesn't get rid of anything, which leads to problems when their flat is full.