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German Knitting Vocabulary
die Anleitung -- pattern; instructions; guide
die Baumwolle (pl. die Baumwolle) -- cotton
die Farbe -- colour
der Faden (pl. die Fäden) -- thread
das Garn (pl. die Garne) -- yarn
die Häckelnadel -- crochet hook
die Hinreihe -- right side row
das Knäuel (pl. die Knäuel) -- ball (of thread)
die Masche -- stitch; loop
die Maschenprobe -- tension/gauge swatch
die Maße (pl.) -- measurements; dimensions
das Modell (pl. die Modelle) -- pattern
das Muster (pl. die Muster) -- pattern
die Nadelstärke -- needle size
die Reihe -- row
das Rippenmuster -- rib stitch
die Rückreihe -- wrong side row
das Sticken -- embroidery
das Stricken -- knitting
die Stricknadel (pl. die Stricknadeln) -- knitting needle
die Technik -- technique
die Wolle (pl. die Wolle) -- wool
die Wollnadel (pl. die Wollnadeln) -- tapestry needle
das Zählmuster -- chart
das Zopfmuster -- cable stitch
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abketten -- to cast off
abnehmen -- to decrease
anschlagen -- to cast on
häkeln -- to crochet
sticken -- to stitch; to embroider
stricken -- to knit
ziehen -- to pull
zunehmen -- to increase
zusammennähen -- to sew together
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dick -- thick
dünn -- thin
fest -- tight
locker -- loose
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links Masche -- purl stitch
rechts Masche -- knit stitch
kraus rechts -- garter stitch
glatt rechts -- stocking stitch; stockinette
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eine Masche fallen lassen -- to drop a stitch
Zanke niemals in Gedanken mit jemand. Das verbittert das Gemüt oft mehr als wirklicher Streit und ist die Ursache vieler innerer Unruhe.
Never argue with someone in your thoughts. This often embitters the mind more than an actual argument and is the cause of much inner turmoil.
Carl Hilty (1833 – 1909), Swiss constitutional lawyer and lay theologian
den sterbenden Schwan markieren
literally: marking the dying swan
to attract attention loudly and with dramatic gestures; to suggest an emergency that doesn't actually exist
Origin: From the eponymous solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a pièce d'occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed it about 4,000 times.
I Love germans "Da ist hopfen und malz verloren" like man we cant even make beer out of that guy
Soap Opera Phrases (5)
Das fällt mir leider nicht so leicht. -- Unfortunately, it's not that easy for me.
Ich halte das nicht aus! -- I can't stand it!
Ich bin mit den Gedanken woanders, es tut mir leid. -- Sorry, my mind is somewhere else.
Falls es an mir liegt, du kannst ganz ehrlich mit mir reden. -- If it's anything to do with me, you can talk honestly to me.
Wir finden eine Lösung, mit der wir beide gut leben können. -- We'll find a solution that we can both live with.
Vielleicht habe ich mich verrannt. -- Maybe I'm mistaken.
sorry I can’t hang out tonight. yeah I’m busy freaking out over things that might not even happen. yeah it’s gonna take a while
ursäkta men jag kan inte hänga ikväll. ja jag är upptagen med att flippa ur över saker som kanske inte ens kommer hända. ja det kommer ta ett tag.
"Please keep window closed, else the pigeons will come in!"
Berätta! Var har du varit alla mina liv?
Wenn Unrecht zu Recht wird, wird Widerstand zur Pflicht!
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty!
Bertolt Brecht (1898 – 1956), German dramatist and lyricist
same bro
"Jag är kaputt!"
samma brorsan
Da erwiderte mir gestern ein Herr aus Bremen: Wie? Sie bedauern den Tod eines Seehundes? Ausrotten müßte man diese Tiere. Glauben Sie etwa, sie seien nützlich? Sie sind die ärgsten Fischräuber, die es gibt, ganz schädliche, unnütze Geschöpfe! Ich dachte an die feuchten dunklen Augen der gutmütigen Tiere und sie erschienen mir weit liebenswerter als diese Anschauungen eines Pedanten, dem sich sein eigenes grenzenloses Räubertum als Mensch so ganz und gar von selbst verstand.
A gentleman from Bremen retorted yesterday: "What? You mourn the death of a seal? Those animals ought to be exterminated. Do you actually think they serve any purpose? They are the worst fish-thieves there are—thoroughly harmful, useless creatures!" I thought of the dark, moist eyes of those gentle animals, and they seemed to me far more endearing than the views of a pedant who took his own boundless rapacity as a human being entirely for granted.
Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914), German poet, writer, and translator
The German language has quite a few animalistic verbs:
fuchsen ("to fox") = to annoy
hechten ("to pike") = to dive
reihern ("to heron") = to puke
dackeln ("to dachshund") = to walk slowly
aalen ("to eel") = to bask
vögeln ("to bird") = to have sex
einigeln ("to hedgehog in") = to curl up
hamstern ("to hamster") = to hoard
schlängeln ("to snake") = to wriggle
stieren ("to bull") = to goggle
unken ("to toad") = to gripe, augur doom
tigern ("to tiger") - to walk tigerishly
do you want to turn our phones off and do some arts and crafts together?
vill du att vi stänger av våra telefoner och pysslar tillsammans?
Weh dem Menschen, wenn nur ein einziges Tier im Weltgericht sitzt.
Woe to mankind if even a single animal sits in judgment at the Last Judgment.
Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914), German poet, writer, and translator
Be Nice To Your Friends
My good friend Busuu really loves to teach me to be mean to people, so much so I made a whole post about it -- and I've learned even more since then! But sometimes (rarely) it also teaches some nice things to say about people. Here are a few:
lieb und teuer - near and dear in Mode - fashionable, in vogue still - quiet lebhaft - lively, loud mutig - brave nett - nice freundlich - friendly sympathisch - likeable charmant - charming hilfsbereit - helpful, accomodating höflich - polite ehrlich - honest lustig - funny berühmt - famous klug - clever, wise gelernt - skilled pünktlich - punctual geduldig - patient heile - healthy, healed praktisch - practical geehrt - honored, venerated toll - great, amazing genau - exactly, precisely, that's right Weiter so! - Keep it up! Gut gemacht! - Well done! Pass auf dich auf! - Stay safe! Fahrt bitte vorsitig! - Please drive carefully! Ich bezahle - I'll pay
And of course, if you find someone with all those qualities who says all those nice things to you, they might just be ausgedacht - imaginary!