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Comment by hrnnnnnn

4 hours ago

Swedish does a similar thing where it takes the plural of an English word as the singular Swedish loanword.

Kex = biscuit, from "cakes"

Keps = hat, from "caps"

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Scharkenberg  13 minutes ago

German does it too: ein Keks = a cookie

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