A fact from Zum schwarzen Ferkel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that, in the early 1890s, the Berlin wine tavern Zum schwarzen Ferkel was the meeting place for a circle of mostly Scandinavian writers and artists that included August Strindberg and Edvard Munch?
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The article was started with the English translation "The Black Boar". Ferkel in German means piglet, not boar. In German, boar is Eber, as in a male adult pig. A wild boar would be Wildschwein. The name of the tavern could only have been translated as "The Black Boar" if it had been named "Zum schwarzen Eber" or "Zum schwarzen Wildschwein". —QuicksilverT@ 08:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I thought it was piglet, but hadn't had time to check. Thanks. Stumps 09:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, you are obviously right. I should have checked a dictionary. Upp◦land 09:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
