Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!usenet.network!news.neodome.net!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: HenHanna Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Nagelprobe -- (Latin [ad unguem]) -- Nietzsche's Zarathustra. Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:14:25 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <4cd8ec7a97bceda91b4a573b6c131dc6@www.novabbs.com> References: <8734c6qca4.fsf@parhasard.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="221384"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="4L8HabKtc1alsSAOmk7EUGDHKRhgGhC+6gJMfTsJB0A"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: abae1fed5a82111a8790dc84735f550edb4392db X-Face: P#KeQ)CUdd!==@fw~Ms1=,Hb`IWtb6:Mw)x3B=H1BfNC\lz?Nb&)M9}$>?'X7l;CuB}utlJ=PHsRBSG6X>dYZ$[>P]$~+`>@V6$t}hTLoQ7XC~W\>:`B3ALU]SH;d(\MEc}znW8m}-ma&yPFkJ2@KSQrz=!Y;><;6a>z6N+mt`ClCt.PAE > Ar an t-aonú lá déag de mí Meitheamh, scríobh Christian Weisgerber: > > > On 2025-06-11, HenHanna wrote: > > > > > 1. Many educated Germans today don't know both meanings -- > drinking > > > (which is more common?) and [sculptor’s practice of running a > > > fingernail across...] > > > > Oddly enough, neither feels familiar to me. My association was > > mineralogy or such, a check to see if a material is soft enough > > that it can be scratched by fingernail. > > I have no knowledge of or interest in mineralogy, but I knew the word > „Nagelprobe.“ I couldn’t have given you a definition of it, I admit. Thank you... my AI gave me that 3rd sense, but I wasn't sure if that was real. I'd say that... Nietzsche's sense [sculptor’s practice of running a > > > fingernail across...] is all but forgotten today. https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nagelprobe Synonyme: [2] Bewährungsprobe, Feuerprobe, Feuertaufe, Lackmustest [Trial by Fire] -- as in The Magic Flute in Newspaper articles, very much like [Litmus Test] in English. but less common. ______________________________ Deutsche Wirtschaftsnachrichten Die Nagelprobe für Donald Trump: Amerika braucht faire Löhne Ohne Einwanderer könnte die US-Wirtschaft nicht mehr funktionieren. Doch die Arbeiter profitieren insgesamt nicht vom Wachstum der... Nov 21, 2016 ______________________________ Windkraft-Journal Sozialverträglichkeit der neuen EU-CO2-Steuer wird zur Nagelprobe für Klimapolitik der neuen Bundesregierung werden Deutschland trägt ein Viertel zu den vom zweiten Emissionshandel in der EU abgedeckten Emissionen bei und beeinflusst dadurch mit seiner... 1 month ago ______________________________ Nagelprobe is a word that's often used about politicians, etc. and would not be used for Greta Thunberg , because she is seen as a Lightweight by the Media. NBC News Greta Thunberg describes detention by Israeli forces Greta Thunberg spoke to reporters at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris following her release from Israeli detention after she and a group... 2 days ago