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		iNic on April 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the unexpected joys of Denglisch, Berlinglish a... Spontaneously means for something to happen surprisingly or without an apparent cause.

garvield on April 27, 2023 [–]

Swedish "simplified" this problem by having the same word (spontan) mean both 1) Happens without apparent cause 2) Happens at short notice

Context is your only clue to which meaning is intended...

actionfromafar on April 27, 2023 | [–]

Does it really tho? Can't come up with an example of the second meaning right now.

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