Meaning and origin of 'Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof'?
What does the following sentence mean and what is its origin?> Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof.I've heard this expression from some friends – I guess it's what you say when you don't really understand...
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Why does "Leidenschaft" mean "passion" while "leiden" means "to suffer"?
The word "Leidenschaft" strikes me as having a quite weird construction. The [Wiktionary entry](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leidenschaft) simply states its etymology to be "Leiden" + "schaft"....
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