Wednesday, April 25, 2007

German Joys

A big thanks to Padi for sending me this little gem of internet goodiness. The site German Joys not only has a lot of posts on funny translations, but also some interesting political writing and observations on German culture with a splash of randomness.

Some favorites...

Arschgeweih (ass antlers) = Tramp Stamp
Dissen = to diss
Cruisen = to cruise
Vokuhila (Vorne Kurz, Hinten Lang) = Mullet (Short in the front, long in the back)
Morgenlatte = Morning Wood

By any means if people have any others, I would love to hear about it.

Personally, my all-time favorite German word is 'Ausgezeichnet' which means excellent. It was one of those really long words we came across my first semester of German, and I was so proud of myself for saying it without messing up, I repeated it for days.

Let's not forget the French readers: Lefranponais.com

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hola nose hablar el aleman pero me gustaria poder palticar contigo por que me gusta tener amigos de otros paises especialmente el de alemania que es un idioma que quisiera apreder a hablarlo y si me ayudarias te agradeceria eternamente

Christine said...

Dude, I don't speak spanish.