User talk:Interioranswerman

I was on the trail of defining an ancient Greek word for "tear" as in tear drop. The word reminded me of the word, "dachau," but I saw no entry for definition of the word. I couldn't find anyone online that would define the actual word, but only about the Nazi concentration camp. In Google Translate, there were these entries, "dachaufbauten" = roof structures and "dachaufsicht" = roof supervision. "Dachau" = roof?

Interesting: In "Dachau – Wordless Experiences" by Rosemary Bell, [no date] an essay on the account page of the San Mateo County Community College, this description of the arrival experience at Dachau Concentration Camp seems significant to the word, as the prisoners exited the box cars: Here is where the prisoners could see the inscription on the roof that read, "There is one way to freedom. Its milestones are: obedience, zeal, honesty, order, cleanliness, temperance, truth, sense of sacrifice and love for the Fatherland." [dachau. (n.d.). Accounts.Smccd.Edu. Retrieved September 6, 2020, from http://accounts.smccd.edu/bellro/dachau.html]

Is it a taboo to define the word from German (de) to English as "roof?" I think not...it seems to have a profound historical context.

This is my first entry, so forgive me if this is an improper way to address this. I couldn't find the template for new entry. Interioranswerman (talk) 13:25, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This isn't an entry, it's a user talk page. The way to start an entry is through either searching for the term, which gives a variety of options for creating new entries, or clicking on a red link and adding all the contents by hand. I wouldn't recommend doing so in this case, since you're still a bit unclear about what to put in it.
 * The German word for roof is Dach, which is apparently unrelated to Dachau. Looking for some hidden meaning in the name is pointless, since it only referred to an ordinary Bavarian town for the first millennium or so of its existence. I'm somewhat surprised that we don't have an entry for it, though. I'll see what I can do. Chuck Entz (talk) 16:33, 6 September 2020 (UTC)