"lake" is der See(m), and "sea" is die See(f).why??
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://ia600807.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/32/items/olcovers662/olcovers662-L.zip&file=6623696-L.jpg
― Everything You POLL Is RONG (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9v2XBNVRtw
Sort of german-related Q:
My wife recently taught me two hebrew onomotopaeic words that I think are hilarious. The word for fart is "fletz" and the word for burp is "grebtz." We both guessed that they were probably of germanic origin, but google translate offers completely different german words for burp and fart. Does anyone recognize these words as German-derived?
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
fletz looks German/Yiddish, but it might come from Latin - isn't the Latin for fart "flattus"? Or maybe FLT is the indo-european root for flatulence that somehow made its way into Hebrew.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah it could have been a yiddishized version of a romance language word. Yiddish got cross-polinated with all kinds of other languages.
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
I.e. a romance language word germanicized via yiddish.
it could also have just been a made-up yiddish word, since it's onomotopaeic
― the prurient pinterest (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Think those words originated in a Don Martin cartoon
― Everything You POLL Is RONG (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
whoa i have the hangover gang over
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
The Katzenjammer Kids?
― Radio Boradman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
stimmt
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
2-week-delayed Starkbierreaktion?
― Doch! (seandalai), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
no i went last night for some research
the trip with 14 people is on sunday
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.minus.com/iwuilMSTZBfvA.JPG
there are lolzier photos but my housemate has an amazing ability to look like she's having a stroke in every photo of her drinking, so it wouldn't be fair to post them
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol
what the heck are you all talking about anyway?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
on this thread or in the photo?
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Wait maybe I need to read back more. Was there a festival or something?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
ja http://www.nockherberg.com/starkbierfest.html
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
that's the spillover room
the main room looked like the fall of rome
― caek, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Can't believe I missed a chance to rave about the awesomeness of Hildegard Knef a week ago. I love you, Hildegard!
― emil.y, Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz9zFdB5_QQ
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 22 March 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
One of my favorite beginner German sentences is "Unser fisch ist immer frisch!"
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
zauberlehrling
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MYdNMA8wM4
― a big fat fucking fat guy in a barrel what could be better? (Eisbaer), Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
die Tausendfüßler
― Nu Metal is the best music there is, the rest is pussy shit. (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 12:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_%28filmmaking%29
popular (presumed to be mythical) origin theory is that MOS stands for broken-English "Mit out sound", that is, "Without sound" as a 1920s German-émigré director might have said it.
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
anmaßend
― Nu Metal is the best music there is, the rest is pussy shit. (Eisbaer), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
die Scham = shame/disgrace or vulva
― caek, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
However "Schamhaare", for pubic hair, is used regardless of gender.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
re: Scham. cf. 'pudenda'
― cb, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
at the moment we're covering recent german history. heute in deutschkurs habe ich den plot von das film carlos beschrieben. meine erklarung war absolutely awful.
― caek, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Überrascht bin ich irgendwie nicht.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Wankbahn_poster.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
Aw - is that as in Garmish Partenkirchen? It's so beautiful there. That's where my grandmother met my grandfather and my dad spent the early years of his life in a town called Grainau. I've been there a couple times and it's just so lovely.
I understood what you said Caek! I mean it's pretty obv even for someone without any knowledge of German but being able to read little bits just makes me wish I knew more. Fuck it. I'm gonna do an online course or something.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
also lol wank
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
it is a bavarian holiday tomorrow so i am going to wank (lol)
― caek, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
gute Fahrt zu Wank
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
change of plan. because of the weather i am not going to wank tomorrow.
― caek, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
sorry for lost wank opportunity
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
schade, kein Wank für dich!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://survex.com/~olly/wank/wankhaus.jpg
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
how very considerate of them ... an entire house where you can Wank!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
We have a terrapin, or in USian English a freshwater turtle. Which is in German eine Sumpfschildkröte, or a swamp-shield-toad. Turtles are Schildkröte, shield-toads.
And apparently the German for "peanuts" as in "to work for peanuts" or "that costs peanuts" is ein paar Kröten, "a couple of toads".
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 19 May 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
i am starting an intensive course next week! 8 weeks, 4 evenings per week. i aced (i.e. got lucky with the questions) on the entrance test and have been placed at B1/B2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages), which is going to last all of 2 days i predict.
― caek, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
this course is high intensity in ten cities
― caek, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
i made use of that great link about doch, zwar etc. (http://coerll.utexas.edu/gg/gr/mis_04.html) to do my Hausaufgabe last night
― caek, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
e, it finishes after the shops shut, so i am going to look for your gummis at the weekend
― caek, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
p.s. omg http://www.dict.cc/?s=m%C3%B6pse
"babylons (coll)"!
― caek, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link