Talk:After

Definition

This noun is incorrect. It means Buttock. I am a professor and historian on Old English/High German.

Have a look at de:After and http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/deutsch-englisch/After.html. The definition is "anus" and will remain that way. Mike Dillon 06:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. If aftero is indeed the correct etymology and that word means "buttocks", we would greatly appreciate your adding a defintion at that page. Thanks. Mike Dillon 06:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

From Wiktionary:Feedback

This definition is incorrect. After is the equivalent to buttocks and not anus as written in the page. I am a professor of Old English and Old High German and can assure you the specific origin of this word.

The German Wiktionary seems to say that it means anus, not buttocks. See de:After. Mike Dillon 06:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, unless you have experience speaking Old High German, you're still incorrect. The German Wiktionary is off. That correlation is influenced by old Nordic tongues and Old Low German. Do the research if you don't believe me...

The definition is for the modern German word, not the Old High German word. Besides German Wiktionary, another German-English dictionary confirmed the meaning we have listed. If "After" or "after" is also an OHG word, it needs to have its own section. Mike Dillon 06:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Just to confirm: The modern German word means anus. It is even rare in this sense, but it can never mean buttocks.Kolmiel (talk) 16:56, 15 December 2014 (UTC)