Same in Japanese. araiguma translates as washing bear.
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Oisteink@lemmy.world 9 months agoLiteral translation of the Norwegian word for raccoon is Wasing-Bear
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
wh0se@lemmy.world 9 months ago
On the contrary, in French it is raton-laveur, which translates to washing baby rat.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
French is clearly more correct than German here. They are rats not bears
Doublepluskirk@startrek.website 9 months ago
Since they belong to the super family musteloidea, Wash Weasel seems more accurate. Definitely still closer to bears than rodents though.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 9 months ago
It makes sense. How else could you be a chef if you didn’t have opposable thumbs
Natanael@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Tvättbjörn
Retiring@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
The German word for raccoon is Waschbär