The other day I spotted this sign above the store front of a local shoe shop.
There is a pun intended, but I just don’t see it.
The regular form Sparen beim Schuhkauf means Save money when buying shoes.
Had it been spelled spa(a)ren to lead to the verb paaren (German for: to pair/to match), I’d recognize the ad writer’s intention as in the idea of matching pairs, or buying one pair and the second one is free, etc.
I need some help with my German – Can anyone tell me what spahren means?
Phantasie ist unser guter Genius oder unser Dämon.
– Immanuel Kant –