Why say Sunday Blues?

[magaretnahmias]

When you can use  a  German-derived term  that Germans speakers themselves probably don't use

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[magaretnahmias]

Why does it seem my linguaphiles entries get the algorithm 's attention.

[lucie_p]

Native German speaker here. And no, German speakers would not use that term. For reasons:
Leerung - the act of emptying
Leere - the state of being empty

I am not sure who designed that image, but the term "Sonntagsleerung" actually refers to a postbox being emptied on Sundays. The feeling of emptiness/blues would be "Leere" - and if happening on Sundays could be termed "Sonntagsleere" - not a word I have ever encountered, though.

[magaretnahmias]

Is it true that the German word for face mask translates literally to face condom?

[lucie_p]

I am not sure what German word you might mean. A face mask is simply a mask ("Maske" in German).

There might be some adolescents who think it funny to call it a "face condom" but that wouldn't have anything to do with any existing German expression and such an expression could be "invented" in any language.

[magaretnahmias]

I see Danke

[fidicinis]

Entleerung? Leere?

[magaretnahmias]

I guess you don't know German or you think Lucie is wrong.

[fidicinis]

Lucie hat absolut recht.

[magaretnahmias]

Thanks. It could juvenile slang like cheugy. To me it is more like a dog muzzle.