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The threshold
What this language does
German builds words the way you build objects: by assembly, endlessly. And it pushes the verb to the end, which forces the listener to hold the whole sentence in suspense until the last word.
The untranslatable
Longing for something you have never had, which hurts like a memory.
Hello
Guten Tag
“good day”, but in the accusative: a wish with its verb removed
Work in progress
The philosophers' language: why certain concepts exist only there, and what is lost in translating them.
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