Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 11

= March 11 =

Erfahrung vs. Erlebnis

 * The above tag appears to be misplaced. Was it meant for the previous item?  If so, please move it and delete this comment. --69.159.8.46 (talk) 04:10, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * It was not. Please see the edit summary for this diff. -- Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝)  05:16, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Did you mean this diff? --Lambiam 09:45, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the reason why I rolled it back. Tenryuu 🐲  ( 💬 • 📝)  12:32, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, the custom is for the answer to be posted in the thread, so other people can read it later in the archive. In this case the original poster merely stated that "web search found the answer", but did not say what it was, and deleted the question. --69.159.8.46 (talk) 02:15, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

These two German words both translate as "experience", but they apparently connote different things. Can someone explain the difference? Thanks. 2601:640:104:3015:C29C:517:6486:FF2D (talk) 18:22, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The first means experience as in "do you have any experience in...", whereas the second means experience as in "wow, that was some experience". --Viennese Waltz 10:06, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

I self-reverted the question because it had only been up briefly when I found the answer, and it didn't occur to me that it had enough interest to be worth cluttering up the desk with, but ok fine ;). Viennese Waltz, thanks for the answer, which is more illustrative than the one I found with web search.  If anyone wants to know why I asked, the terms are used in this article about "user experiences" on computers, and is worthwhile reading for anyone involved with user interaction design or annoyed by its impredations as seen on the web these days. 2601:648:8202:96B0:54D9:2ABB:1EDB:CEE3 (talk) 21:53, 12 March 2020 (UTC)