• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    German seems to build compound words for things.

    Well, not in this case:

    Black pepper = Pfeffer
    Bell pepper = Paprika
    Chili pepper = Chili (although you do rarely also see the compound word “Chilischoten”)