Incorrect label when preparing Fusilli M Classic

At last someone is addressing the fact that "covered" is very often used incorrectly. This "ab-" seems to be a remnant of children's language for most adults. It would be quite simple: if I'm hot at night, I cover myself up, if I'm cold, I cover myself up. This applies to everything that needs to be covered, concealed or covered up. This also applies to the example of the car cover: cover on = covered, cover off = covered.

"Covered" always means that the lid or cover is gone. When talking about the weather, you often hear meteorologists (who are actually educated people, but many of them still struggle with the language) say incorrectly that the sun is "covered" - yes, when the clouds are gone, otherwise the sun is covered and the sky is overcast. If it starts to rain in a convertible, you don't close the top, you close the top. And why "cover film" is named after an activity that is only carried out when the film is no longer needed is also a mystery to me. The correct term would be quite simply: lidding foil, without the lid.

The preparation instructions on the pasta packaging are therefore not wrong, they are just misunderstood by many people because they have never learned German properly (despite German being their mother tongue). But only those who don't know how to cook realize it when they have a mess on the stove :-)

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Nachtspalter

Federwolke

At last someone is addressing the fact that "covered" is very often used incorrectly. This "ab-" seems to be a remnant of children's language for most adults. It would be quite simple: if I'm hot at night, I cover myself up, if I'm cold, I cover myself up. This applies to everything that needs to be covered, concealed or covered up. This also applies to the example of the car cover: cover on = covered, cover off = covered.

"Covered" always means that the lid or cover is gone. When talking about the weather, you often hear meteorologists (who are actually educated people, but many of them still struggle with the language) say incorrectly that the sun is "covered" - yes, when the clouds are gone, otherwise the sun is covered and the sky is overcast. If it starts to rain in a convertible, you don't close the top, you close the top. And why "cover film" is named after an activity that is only carried out when the film is no longer needed is also a mystery to me. The correct term would be quite simply: lidding foil, without the lid.

The preparation instructions on the pasta packaging are therefore not wrong, they are just misunderstood by many people because they have never learned German properly (despite German being their mother tongue). But only those who don't know how to cook realize it when they have a mess on the stove :-)

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The dictionary says something different. Namely, abdecken can also mean to cover or conceal (for protection).
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/abdecken

I think the question is justified: Why doesn't the German-language version also clearly write "ohne Deckel" and use the ambiguous "abgedeckt"?

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M-Infoline

Hello Gongpokai, thank you for your message. We appreciate you drawing our attention to a point that needs to be investigated. We would like to avoid misunderstandings during preparation. The specialist department is therefore prepared to review the instructions as part of the next packaging revision. If necessary, we will make adjustments. We hope that our approach suits you. Kind regards, Tabea

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Federwolke

Nachtspalter

The dictionary says something different. Namely, abdecken can also mean to cover or conceal (for protection).
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/abdecken

I think the question is justified: Why doesn't the German-language version also clearly write "ohne Deckel" and use the ambiguous "abgedeckt"?

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The Duden is also sometimes based on language changes that have been incorrectly naturalized over time. Just because something is used incorrectly extremely often does not mean it is correct. The Duden dictionary itself writes what it should be called correctly:

"to provide with something covering; to cover, cover, conceal"

It makes no sense at all to use the prefix ab- ambiguously; confusion and misunderstandings are inevitable, as in this case. If everyone used the correct words zudecken, bedecken, verdecken, the problem would not exist. So get used to the stupid "ab" ;-)

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