[stigi]

Funny enough I’m (east) German and my first association was the Russian word “tovarisch” (meaning comrade or friend).

Wondering what Dr. Freud would say about that…

[wildylion]

LOL! I'm originally from Russia, living in Germany and suffering through my German studies -- of course, my first thought was 'tovarisch'. Facepaw.

[teekert]

Hehe, I myself am actually Dutch but this fell within the knowledge obtained in 2 years of obligatory German lessons in High School. Also, German and Dutch are very similar (actually I remember my grand mother having a conversation with a German women, both in their own language, both screaming, understanding each other reasonably well, or at least, they took turns saying something :))