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		Cederfjard on March 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Credit Suisse asks investors to destroy oligarch l... In Swedish for example, “att låna” is ”to borrow”, and ”att låna ut” is ”to lend” (”to loan out”).

namibj on March 2, 2022 [–]

German leihen is loan, while verleihen is lend. The "ver" is akin to "away", i.e., "loan away" (though this isn't a 1:1 translation and only works for one of the meanings on both sides of the language barrier).

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