One of my favorites is: Schildkröte for tortoise. Schild -shield, Kröte- toad
shit_magnet-0730 on
Tafellappen is my favorite German word to say.
“Dein gesicht und mein arsch könnten gute freundin sein.” Is my favorite phrase.
_Luky_ on
U can’t replace an ö ü or ä with the letter without the dots. U can replace it with oe, ue or ae
altermeetax on
Kuhl doesn’t mean anything, it’s “kühl” (with a ü). And also its meaning is more like “cool” than “cold”.
Successful-Bath-3495 on
Where is mein fickend ü you Hurensohn
Nicomplex on
I really like Schnapsidee (Liquer-idea, a stupid idea you only can get during drinking) and Eselsbrücke (donkey-bridge, A technique whereby learning material is linked by means of rhyme or other linguistic factors such as stories in order to memorize it)
PaPiCo1175 on
Cold is Kalt
Lakschmann_Laki on
Kühlschrank*
Aggravating-Media391 on
German, as well as other germanic languages like dutch make heavy use of combined words. It makes some words easier to remember
And it also gives you words that are absurdly long
WillCalefe on
At some point yes, but not the words themselves are hard, but the structure
Best-Weight-3411 on
It’s actually “ü” not “u” those letters get pronounced very differently.
starless_90 on
**Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung** = (a single word for *motor vehicle liability insurance*)
moonlight-evidence on
wait till you realize some words have multiple meanings, umfahren = drive around or can also mean drive over something. Same word opposite meaning
Early-Strategy5206 on
Germans don’t speak words they assemble them
Collistoralo on
Isn’t cold kalt?
headhunterofhell2 on
Wait until you find out the word for airplane.
hypremier on
German makes sense for me. It’s called ‘buzdolabı’ (lit. ice cupboard) in Turkish
Every_Preparation_56 on
Uber betritt en Raum
Xortun on
Es heißt “Kühl”, du Huhrensohn
Every_Preparation_56 on
Kühl – cool
Kalt – cold
painedvulture7 on
My fav is antibabypillen for birth control pills
Lou_Papas on
I used to make fun of these but the more German I learn them more I realize we do this kind of shit in Greek the whole time too.
Thorre-Kamorro on
The eggs are in the coldcupboard.
Strange_Suit767 on
Y’all don’t even Krankenwagen and it shows
birdperson2006 on
In Turkish it’s icecupboard.
69YaoiKing69 on
There are other non-germanic languages that also assemble the words cold/cool and cupboard together. It just makes sense to call it coldcupboard
HipsterFett on
Germans don’t have big words, they have several little words in a trenchcoat.
FurryXSurryx on
Where “ü” ?
AandM4ever on
Sooo Coldcupboard.
I’ll be calling it that from now on.
“Get me a beer from the Coldcupboard!”
DigNo8080 on
Kuhl is Not a word
KiwiFruit404 on
How about spelling the German words properly?!?
Kühl and Kühlschrank.
Also, in Germany we say say “kalt”, when something is cold and “kühl”, when somethingis cool.
SOUND_NERD_01 on
Counterpoint: fridge is short for refrigerator, which essentially describes the item. If you go further back, they were called ice boxes before phase change refrigeration was a thing.
me-be-bored on
There is a Ü missing du Otto.
Senor-Delicious on
Ü
herbieLmao on
Üüüüüüüüüüüüüü
-Cinnay- on
You mean “kühl”, which means “cool”, not “cold”. Also, “u” and “ü” are two different letters. Sprich Deutsch du Hurensohn.
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One of my favorites is: Schildkröte for tortoise. Schild -shield, Kröte- toad
Tafellappen is my favorite German word to say.
“Dein gesicht und mein arsch könnten gute freundin sein.” Is my favorite phrase.
U can’t replace an ö ü or ä with the letter without the dots. U can replace it with oe, ue or ae
Kuhl doesn’t mean anything, it’s “kühl” (with a ü). And also its meaning is more like “cool” than “cold”.
Where is mein fickend ü you Hurensohn
I really like Schnapsidee (Liquer-idea, a stupid idea you only can get during drinking) and Eselsbrücke (donkey-bridge, A technique whereby learning material is linked by means of rhyme or other linguistic factors such as stories in order to memorize it)
Cold is Kalt
Kühlschrank*
German, as well as other germanic languages like dutch make heavy use of combined words. It makes some words easier to remember
And it also gives you words that are absurdly long
At some point yes, but not the words themselves are hard, but the structure
It’s actually “ü” not “u” those letters get pronounced very differently.
**Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung** = (a single word for *motor vehicle liability insurance*)
wait till you realize some words have multiple meanings, umfahren = drive around or can also mean drive over something. Same word opposite meaning
Germans don’t speak words they assemble them
Isn’t cold kalt?
Wait until you find out the word for airplane.
German makes sense for me. It’s called ‘buzdolabı’ (lit. ice cupboard) in Turkish
Uber betritt en Raum
Es heißt “Kühl”, du Huhrensohn
Kühl – cool
Kalt – cold
My fav is antibabypillen for birth control pills
I used to make fun of these but the more German I learn them more I realize we do this kind of shit in Greek the whole time too.
The eggs are in the coldcupboard.
Y’all don’t even Krankenwagen and it shows
In Turkish it’s icecupboard.
There are other non-germanic languages that also assemble the words cold/cool and cupboard together. It just makes sense to call it coldcupboard
Germans don’t have big words, they have several little words in a trenchcoat.
Where “ü” ?
Sooo Coldcupboard.
I’ll be calling it that from now on.
“Get me a beer from the Coldcupboard!”
Kuhl is Not a word
How about spelling the German words properly?!?
Kühl and Kühlschrank.
Also, in Germany we say say “kalt”, when something is cold and “kühl”, when somethingis cool.
Counterpoint: fridge is short for refrigerator, which essentially describes the item. If you go further back, they were called ice boxes before phase change refrigeration was a thing.
There is a Ü missing du Otto.
Ü
Üüüüüüüüüüüüüü
You mean “kühl”, which means “cool”, not “cold”. Also, “u” and “ü” are two different letters. Sprich Deutsch du Hurensohn.
*clears throat*… KÜÜÜÜÜÜHL!!!