Der Schuh means “the shoe,” and Das Laufen is “the walking or running” from the verb laufen. So, Das Schlittschuhlaufen conjures up images of sleigh-shaped shoes running. That’s right: Das Schlittschuhlaufen means “the ice-skating.” Das Eiskunstlaufen or Das Figurlaufen are ways to say “figure skating,” that Olympic sport many of us know and love. Children ice skating in Wolfsburg. Historians believe that using ice skates as a means of transportation began around 1000 BC in Scandinavia with various animal bones used as blades.

Source: The Local December 14, 2019 04:07 UTC