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HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges (www.theregister.com)
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HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges::Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges

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[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Verboten?

[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

German lone word from old high German. It just means Forbidden.

[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Also just plain and simply "forbidden" in regular modern German.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Lone word?

[–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

If you ever see this lone word in the wild, run!

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Normally, words hang out in larger groups called sentences or clauses. Words are social, so they like to stick together and form social bonds and hierarchies.

However, some words don’t have anyone to hang out with, and they’re called lone words.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Past participle of "bieten", "to bid", as in "to command". English correspondence to that is "bidden". The prefix is "ver-" which here denotes completative aspect as well as negativity, the English correspondence to that is "for-" (not strict, but at least in this case). Sticking both together you get "forbidden" which indeed is the right translation. "The action of commanding a negative has been completed", or, simply, "You've been told not to".

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you