"Handel nie jest ważniejszy niż inwestycje."

Translation: Trade is not more important than investments.

[Tim5602]

Does 'handel' come from the German word 'Handel'? Which also means trade?

[immery]

Yes. Polish words with German origin are very common.
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanizm

[Tim5602]

Thank you very much for the good explanation! I thought that, because I'm from Germany :)

[Veva392105]

Handel nie jest ważniejszy niż Bach!

[Stefan873422]

Should '... investment' have been accrued as well as '... investments'? I think it would be a better translation, as the term is being used conceptually here to denote the wide practice. It's also a more natural use in English (somebody higher up the thread even used it).

[Trofaste]

Added it, thanks!

[orisi2]

Quite apart from translation purposes, trade is more important than investment.

[soylinita]

I'm surprised that German and Polish have quite some similar words! Pretty cool :)

[Okcydent]

There are few thousands loanwords from German. In some regional dialects even more. This proces isn't limited only to words but also structures and meanings of Polish words shifted.

• rada - das Rat
• zdradzać - verräten
• wykluczać - ausschließen
• czasopismo - Zeitschrift
• pracodawca - Arbeitgeber

[MelvilQ]

der Rat

[MiTaMuLu131513]

Handel is a composer! :D

[alik1989]

Since Handel (Händel) is a German composer and handel is a German loanword, it's definitely possible that they are etymologically related.