Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
Do something stupid in public.
"Da mich ich mich ja zum Horst, wenn ich mit der geblümten Badehose ins Schwimmbad gehe."
"I'll make myself into a horst if I go to the swimming pool with my flowery swimming trunks."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Name USED Frequently BY Everybody
An acronym and simultaneously the name for a juice where cherry (Kirsch) juice is mixed with banana (Banane) juice. It's Ki from Kirsch and Ba from Banane that form KiBa. It's tasty and looks beautiful! First pour the banana juice, then the cherry to get a beautiful juice pattern.
"Ich trinke gerne KiBa."
"I drink gladly KiBa."
Submitted November 2023 by anonymous
Slang USED On Occasion BY People from Swabia
(Holy shit) • It’s another word for „Maultasche“, a German dumpling, mostly spreaded in South-Germany, especially in Baden-Württemberg.
Hans: „Was isst du?“ Franz: „Herrgottsbscheißerle mit Kartoffla.“
Hans: “What are you eating?” Franz: “Holy shit with potatoes.”
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Older people
(to paint the devil on the wal) • When we assume the worst of a situation before anything has even happened. It can be discouraged to say - don't anticipate awful things or they will happen.
“Du solltest nicht immer den Teufel an die Wand malen, nur weil du ein schlechtes Gefühl hast—oft kommt alles doch anders als befürchtet.”
“You shouldn’t always paint the devil on the wall just because you have a bad feeling—often everything turns out differently than feared.”
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
Means something is average, not very special.
"This password is 0815"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
An innocent way to admonish someone who's being stupid
"Du bist so ein Haubentaucher!"
You're such a grebe!"
Submitted April 2024 by dheer7
Slang USED On Occasion BY Adults, often men
(noun) • (way beer) • The last beer before leaving the pub. One for the road.
"Machst Du mir noch'n Wegbier?"
"Can you get me another way beer?"
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED On Rare Occasion BY Some people, elderly people
(amniotic sac) • Synonym for hot water bottle, with the connotations of comfort, being sick and getting better
"Oma macht dir dein Fruchtblasl, damit du gesund wirst."
"Grandma will get you your hot water bottle to help you get better soon."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
German
German speaking countries
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(adj.) • (selfunderstandable) • This adjective refers to something so obvious that anybody can understand or accept it; you don't need to ask. The noun is Selbstverständlichkeit.
"Kannst du mir helfen?" "Ja, selbstverständlich!" "Ein Baby kann man nicht allein zu Hause lassen. Das ist doch selbstverständlich."
"Can you help me?" "Yes, selfunderstandable" "You can't leave a baby alone at home. That's just selfunderstandable."
Submitted October 2023 by anahi
Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein
Expression USED On Occasion BY Native speakers, rather older
(my dear Mr. Singing Club) • Used if you want to express that something is rather extreme. It is an outcry to certain situations. It translates word for word to "my dear Mr. Singing Club". I do t know the exact origin, but I always connect it to possibly extreme volumes and shouting or singing of male singing clubs.
"Hast du gesehen, welche Niederlage die Bayern im letzten Spiel erlitten hat?" "Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein, das war aufregend."
“Did you see the defeat Bayern suffered in the last game?” “My dear Mr. Singing Club, that was nasty.”
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
German
Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Word USED Very frequently BY everybody
It means "No, you are wrong and I am right" in one word.
"Hier darf man nicht schneller als 50 Meilen fahren!“ "Doch!"
"You cannot drive faster than 50 miles here!" "Yes, you can!"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED On Occasion BY Middle aged folks
To fail at something, to screw something up, to lose something, or to screw someone over.
"Ich wollte die Zündkerzen tauschen, aber ich habe es verömmelt."
"I wanted to change the spark plugs but I messed it up."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Mostly people who have been politically interested in the 60s
(cheering-Persians) • A claqeur, a person who has been paid to applaud or cheer for someone. Mostly used as an insult to insinuate someone either does not have their own opinion or would not have real support by the audience. The term appeared in 1967 when the Shah of Iran visited Berlin and had intelligence agents cheer at the road and beat up protesters.
"Das Publikum war voller Jubelperser. "
"The audience was full of cheering-Persians. "
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY Teens, young people
(old one) • Used to address a (usually familiar or close) person as you would call someone "dude" or "bro" in English, regardless of their actual age.
"Alles klar, Alter?" "Alter, was laberst du?" "Was geht, Alter?"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everybody
Something made cheaply and in a generic way, in a way that this thing is not really reliable; stems from the 08/15 machine gun the German army used in Ww1 (users of this expression usually don’t know this)
"That is some 08/15 lighter, it usually gets the job done of lighting my cigarette "
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Name USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(seat peeer) • A man who sits down when peeing.
"Der ist so ein Sitzpinkler"
"He is such a seat peeer."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Neologism USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(world stroller) • People who travel the world, looking for adventures, without a specific destination. Welten means worlds and a bummler somebody who wanders around. 'Bummeln' is to stroll around, or wander around.
"Sie liebt es die Welt zu erkunden. Sie ist eine wahre Weltenbummlerin."
"She loves it the world to explore. She is a true Weltenbummlerin."
Submitted November 2023 by anonymous
