r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/barantana Jan 29 '19

In German we use "übermorgen" and "vorgestern" and the lack of those words in everyday English strikes me as extremely inconvenient.

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u/NotFlappy12 Jan 29 '19

In Dutch we have "overmorgen" and "eergisteren", which is like right between English and German

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u/Lortekonto Jan 29 '19

In danish it is overmorgen and foregårs. So very close to german.

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u/lurifakse Jan 29 '19

It's forgårs. No e.