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[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

which translates to "say hail" in english

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/hail

Verb

hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)

(transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.

(transitive) To name; to designate; to call. quotations ▼

He was hailed as a hero.

The problem with the german WWII one isn't as much the word as who they were hailing.

i very much doubt the Ukrainian word has the same negative connotations as the german one.

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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