Seven German words that sound bad but arent
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t Dick in German means fat or thick. To call someone dick in German isn’t as bad as to call them a d*** in English, but it’s also not flattering. You might see dick in combination with Freunde. Dicke Freunde are close friends. Of course, if you want to express the English word d*** in German you can use: der Schwanz, or die Pfeife (for penis), and der Lift Depp (a person). the flap
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t Hell is a word people often encounter in a visit to a German speaking country usually in combination with the word Bier. Though a great many Biere with the epithet hell might give you one hell of a headache or hangover, the word just means light. If hell comes before the word Bier it should read: helles Bier, because Bier is neuter (das – word). If you want to talk about the English hell, you’ll need to learn the word die Hölle.
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t Duschen just means to shower and a Duschkopf is just a shower head. Don’t forget that Duschen is generally reflexive (sich duschen) as we normally shower ourselves and not other people. If you do want to call someone a d**ch* bag you’ll want to learn: der Depp or der Trottel, or der Mistkerl.
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t Fahrt is a German words that gets a lot of people laughing! But it means drive or journey You’ll hear it on the train, like in the example on the card, and see it on the motorway in combination with prefixes: Einfahrt– entry and Ausfahrt- exit. If for some reason you do want to talk about f***s in German, you’ll need to learn: furzen, pupsen, föhnen (to fart silently) and even this expression with the word fahren in it: einen fahren lassen. If you need to talk about the thing itself you’ll need the words: der Furz, der Pupser, and in Austria der Schas.
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t • A Tageshit is one of those words made up from German + English (Tages + hit). • It just means the daily special. Less trendy restaurants and bars will use the word Tagesmenü instead.
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t damit isn’t even said like d**n it, but rather more “dah + mit“. When it is used to link clauses in a sentence it means ‘so that’ or ‘in order to’. It can also mean ‘with that’ or ‘thereby’. If you do want to express your frustration and need to say d**n it in German, use: 1. Verdammt noch Mal! 2. Verflucht noch mal! 3. Zur Hölle damit! 4. Verdammt!
Seven German words that sound bad, but aren’t Eventhough the W in German is pronounced like a V in English, womit isn’t pronounced vomit, but as 2 separate words“wo + mit“. if you do want to talk about vomit in German you’ll need to learn these verbs: kotzen, erbrechen, sich übergeben … and these nouns: die Kotze, das Erbrechen, der Vomitus.
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