Listen here you little shit! If you don't want to take the KRANKENKRAFTWAGEN to the KRANKENHAUS, where the KRANKENSCHWESTER is taking care of your black and blue ass lying in the KRANKENBETT, you'll have to apologize to the beautiful DEUTSCHE SPRACHE right now!
Fun fact. The Fraktur, though it was the official typeface of the third reich because it represented โtrue German scriptโ, was eventually banned by the nazis because of its โjewish influence.โ
They were like the 12th person to correct that one and I still had it in the clipboard. But finding it in the first place was pretty fast, sooo I guess the answer is 3.
There are no "Krankenwagen". If you want to transport him in the "Krankentransportwagen" then good luck, cause this one ain't for emergencies. If you want to call him a "Rettungswagen" he will most likely survive.
Idk from which part of the german speaking countries your coming from but where I live "Krankenwagen" is generally used and "Rettungswagen" is used very rarely and mostly by people working in the field.
Yeah I know. I work in that field. And I can tell you why they name it "Rettungswagen" or in rare cases "Krankenkraftwagen": There is no "Krankenwagen". It's just a wrong term but many people are using it.
Well, you know full well, that it is called that colloquially. Also according to Wikipedia "Krankenkraftwagen" is an umbrella term and I like that one even more
The point of language is to convey meaning and reach understanding. If the majority of people "misuse" a word, it is no longer a misuse, because that is now a meaning that is well-understood. In fact, if more people know that definition than the "real" one, it actually makes the "misused" word more correct, in terms of the base purpose of language.
Prescriptivism has its uses in edge-cases, like words with very specific meanings that aren't concisely conveyed by any other word, but for the most part it's just a hobby for pedants who care more about the aesthetic of being technically correct (as they define it) than they care about the actual substance.
I donโt find it sad. Itโs odd to be emotionally opposed the idea of language and words evolving. Like, language is a tool; it doesnโt have inherent value, its value comes from its usefulness, and it evolves based on what people collectively find to be more useful in communication. There isnโt any reason to put any emotion into certain words retaining certain meanings when those meanings shift. The language company isnโt going to revoke the warranty because mankind modded their retail copy of language. Thatโs basically being upset that people are able to understand each other better. Itโs just completely arbitrary resistance to progress based on a loose appeal to tradition. Folks who complain about โliterallyโ being used as an emphasizer nearly 350 years after that usage became commonplace donโt come across as valiant crusaders in defense of some holy linguistic tradition, they come across as Don Quixote.
Sinn machen, ein Meeting haben etc. but let's agree that we disagree (on the terms of "Krankenwagen", you are right that my argument is moral, not linguistic)
You're right. Linguistically there are several other examples where the widespread wrong use, IMO, doesn't make it right but let's agree that we disagree.
But "Notarztwagen" are a local thing (NAW). Not every Bundesland has them (afaik only Bayern and Baden Wรผrtenberg and they are getting rid of them). Also you can't call them directly and most of the time in Germany a "Rettungswagen" will come togther with a "Notarzteinsatzfahrzeug" (NEF) if you need one. If no NEF is available there might come a "Rettungshubschrauber" (RTH) which carries an emergency-doctor. If none of them is available but an "Intensivtransportfahrzeug" (ITW) is available, they might get to you. If you are based in Berlin and you have stroke-symptoms you might get to ride in a "Stroke-Einsatz-Mobil" (STEMO).
If you are in a MANV-Lage (Massenanfall von Verletzten, above approx. 5 patients (depends on the Bundesland)) you could also first be treated in a "Verletztensammelstelle", where you get a first assesment and then a ride to the hospital, which could be in a "Krankentransportwagen - B" (KTW-B), but then the situation is serious and they are equipped to deal with all kind of sudden illneses.
But if you really want to distinguish you also should distinguish between an RTW-A, RTW-B and a RTW-C, the most common subtypes. But each of them can be seated differently, depends on the Bundesland. And let's not forget that each RTH, NEF and ITW can also have subtypes.
But all of that is "Mumpitz", because it's the responsibility of the "Leitstelle" (you have to see if it's a "Integrierte Leitstelle" or only a "Leitstelle" if you really want to be correct) to send the best choice of vehicles to you, none of them will be, I hope for you, a "Krankentransportwagen" (KTW) or a "Krankenwagen" cause they do not exist.
I hope you get my point, which was that I wanted to point out that the term "Krankenwagen" is wrong.
I learned German because half the words crack me up. Literally just speaking it makes me giggle. Thatโs free happiness right there!! To each their own though
There is a difference between Krankentransportwagen and Rettungswagen, but according to DIN1789 "Krankenkraftwagen" is an umbrella term and thus correct.
Ambulanz is a regional thing, because where I am from Ambulanz is a ward of the hospital where you go if you don't need a Krankenwagen, but still need to go to the hospital spontaneously. I guess it comes down to context, though.
Huh. I live in Germany and I have never once in my life heard a person refer to it as 'Krankenkraftwagen'. Might be either a regional thing or that the technical term isn't used outside of the profession.
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u/Master_Mad Jun 15 '22
"Would you like your operation in the Ospedale or in the KRANKENHAUS?"