-thek-?
Here's one I found while reading Thomas Bernhard's Der Stimmenimitator:
Pharmacist - Apotheker
Ok, BUT!
Librarian - Bibliothekar
So why the -ar ending? Is this a holdover from Greek or some strange anomaly? Are there other -thek endings that do this? I can think of one other noun: Diskothek, but I would imagine that one who frequents Diskos would be a Diskotheker, right?
Pharmacist - Apotheker
Ok, BUT!
Librarian - Bibliothekar
So why the -ar ending? Is this a holdover from Greek or some strange anomaly? Are there other -thek endings that do this? I can think of one other noun: Diskothek, but I would imagine that one who frequents Diskos would be a Diskotheker, right?