Das Zugehörigkeitsgefühl: (n.) the feeling of belonging. This is one of those words that makes me rant about German specificity. I love gems like this one. Let's break it on down.
'Zu' is one of the many German 'to' words. One uses it with the word 'gehören,' which means 'to belong,' to indicate to whom (it belongs to me = es gehört zu mir). '-Keit' is a suffix can turn adjectives into nouns, basically an '-ing' or '-ness' suffix in English. At the end, we have 'gefühl,' which means 'feeling.'
Summing it up, we have 'the feeling of belonging to [something].'
Like a class group, for instance.
Sorry for the bad quality; I had to take a photo of a printed photo. I honestly like how it looks, but anyway, from left to right we have Mrs. Berlin, our teacher; Alex sitting; Ryan standing; Kolbie in the light blue; then Adam sitting; then Ozi in the dark sweatshirt; yours truly sitting; Michelle in pink; and finally Mitch and Trip.
It was a truly amazing four weeks. Not surprisingly, I'll be sad to leave even as I look forward to seeing home again.
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen