#german slang

[fatartappreciation]

Dickerchens Freud — a fun piece of humor from the late 19th or early 20th century — “dickerchens” was a lovely German term of affection for a favorite fatty, a roly-poly friend, or an adorable little dumpling with a beautiful belly!

[rock-n-roll-queen]

in germany we would call izzy a „macher“. He is the personification of that very word.

[hoardingpuffin]

An itemized list of German phrases Elwood would say if he spoke German fluently/was raised culturally German:

• "Merkste selber, ne?" - translates literally as You realize that/you can get to that conclusion yourself, right? -> used as a retort to someone saying something stupid or illogical.

• "Meine Fresse" - translates literally as My Face/Mouth -> is used as an exasparared "Oh my God"

• "Der denkt auch nur von Wand zu Tapete" - translates literally as They only think from wall to wallpaper -> is used to say someone doesn't think before acting or talking or to refer to somebody stupid

• "Depp" -> Idiot, Twat etc.

• "Na super" -> Well, great -> said with heavy sarcasm when something goes wrong

• "Wer hat dir denn ins Gehirn geschissen?!" - literally translates as Who shat in your brain? -> a way of expressing you disagree with somebody or someone's ideas

• "Jaaa-Haaa" / "Naaa-heeeiiinnn" - German words for yes and no dragged out and artificially separated into two syllables to express annoyance or exasparation at the person asking something of you / asking you a question

• "Häh?!" - sort of like Huh?! but stronger energy

• "Schnauze, Fresse!" - literally translates either as two words for mouth or as Muzzle, Face -> a way to tell someone to shut up.

[detroit-grand-prix]

Speaking of Toto using German expressions I don't understand...

"Then there's the other James, who is only the chief tactician and has not fallen on the head now, right?"

What does this mean?

From his podcast episode with Paul Ripke three years ago.

[thatswhywelovegermany]

etepetete

squeamish, fussy, stilted, taffety

Origin: The word has been around since the middle of the 17th century and found its way into the street slang of Berlin's middle class. It probably originates from the French saying être, peut-être, which actually translates as "may be, perhaps" and symbolically means "to be in doubt" or "to seem more than to be". An alternative source is the Low German word öte, which also describes affected and pretentious behavior.

The word "etepetete" originally stood for reserved, cautious behaviour, and therefore did not have any negative connotations. Later it was aimed at people who seemed overly fussy because of this behaviour, and finally "etepetete" was mainly transferred to behaviour that was affected and stiff, even prim and princess-like. The word is particularly often used in connection with children, when they are reluctant to eat certain foods and dishes and absolutely do not want to eat them. "Etepetete" is also used in the fashion world, when someone is overly careful that their clothes do not get dirty or wrinkled.

[indristian]

Super specific austrian/german slang words/phrases for my König Headcanons

By an austrian for an austrian character

I feel like this is more for people who already know german, but I did my best to translate or explain the words anyway.

Dodl/Wappler/Kipferl/Lappen (all of them mean "idiot" and imply some sort of clumsiness. The first two don't really have a literal translation, but the third and the fourth translate to "(small) croissant" and "(wash/cleaning)cloth" respectively)

Sacklpicker (slang for "inmate", but most commonly referring to someone disrupting your plans. Could be used interchangeably with "asshole". It isn't really as strong as a word as asshole, like you could say it around children without getting reprimanded)

Teifl! (Lit. "Devil"; interjection meaning "damn it!")

Zefix! (Also meaning "Damn it!", comes from the word Kruzifix/crucifix)

Heilige Maria (und Josef)! (Lit. "Holy Mary (and Joseph)!"; interjection; pretty much just the austrian version of saying "Jesus!" or "Jesus Christ!" when surprised)

Gemma! ("Let's go!"; dialect for "gehen wir")

Gemmas an! ("Let's get (this) started!"; dialect for "gehen wir es an")

Bua/Bursch ("boy" or "young man")

Haberer/Hawerer ("man" or "guy"; very casual)

Mander/Manderleit ("men"; most commonly used when directly speaking to a group of men; example "Gemmas an, Mander!" "Let's get started, guys!")

Madl/Mädl/Gitsche/Menschin/Dirndl/Mötz/Dirn (all of them mean "girl" or "young woman"; not interchangeable with each other bc each word heavily implies dialects from certain regions in Austria "Madl/Mädl" being the most neutral)

Weibische ("woman", casual; depending on region either just a neutral way to say woman or kinda derogatory)

Watschn/Watsche ("slap")

Sich eine fangen ("(to) catch these hands")

Zipf mi nit an!/Geh mir nit aufn Geist! ("Don't annoy me!")

Halt die Goschn!/Halt's Maul! ("Shut up!"; lit. "Hold your mouth!")

Pfiat di!/Habidere! ("Goodbye!"; the first one is specifically saying bye to a single person, saying it to multiple persons would change it to "Pfiat eich!"; the second one literally translates to "have the honor")

Griaß di! ("Hello!"; lit. "I greet you (singular)", to make it plural change it to "Griaß eich!")

Servus!/Seas!/Servas! ("Hello!" and "Goodbye!")

Bim (slang for "tram", apparently for the sound it makes instead of honking)

Tschigg/Tschick ("cigarette" or "cigarettes")

Bussi/Busserl ("kiss" or "peck"; example: "Soll i dir a Bussi drauf gebn?" "Should I kiss it better?")

Bist derisch!? ("Are (you) deaf!?")

Ja no na nit! (Very sarcastic response to something super obvious)

Ja, eh! ("Yeah, duh!")

Extrawurst (Lit. a type of thinly sliced sausage; a person needing special treatment)

Fladern ("(to) steal")

Gschamig ("shy"; example "Was bist'n so gschamig?" "Why are you being so shy?")

Habschi/Hapschi ("Loverboy")

Gspusi (genderneutral "lover" or "affair")

Piefke (is what we more or less lovingly call Germans)

Ge, jetz hea auf zum raunzen! ("Now, stop complaining/whining already!")

Schiach ("ugly" or generally not good; something can taste, look or feel "schiach")

Fesch ("gorgeous"; referring to people, their attributes or their clothing; example: "Heut schaust fesch aus!" "You're looking good today!")

Heisl/Häusl ("outhouse" or "toilet")

Chefität(en) ("Chef" in german means "boss"; "Chefität" is someone superior to your job position and "Chefitäten" is just the plural; if someone were to complain about a stupid rule some superior implemented they'd say something like "Na, da habn sich die Chefitäten mal wieder was eingebildet!" "Well, the superiors thought they did something there")

Gendarm/Gendarmerie/Kiberer/Kiwara ("policeman" or "police"; the first two are kind of old words and almost only used by people that are like 35+ y/o or children playing "Räuber und Gendarm"/"cops and robbers")

Wallischer (This one's kinda very specific to the region I'm from and means "Italian")

Sesselreiten (Lit. "riding a chair"; balancing on the two back legs of a chair)

Schau zu, dass Land gewinnst! (Lit. "See, that you win land!"; meaning "Scram!")

Notgroschen ("emergency fund"; "Not" meaning "emergency" and "Groschen" being the old Austrian currency)

Mahlzeit! (Lit. "meal time"; kinda like "Bon Appétit"; something we say at lunchtime, when we are eating or when we see someone eating; sometimes we also use it when we something really gross, implying it's so gross we lost our appetite)

If you want to use any of these, but aren't sure on how to use them correctly for a fic or something, please don't be afraid to ask me. I don't bite.

Same goes for general german translations, please don't use google translate

[meichenxi]

german slang!! ft british slang

As ever, please feel free to correct / provide more nuance - not a native German speaker, these are just things I’ve come across recently :`D 

zocken - to play, often computer games

Ich werde heute nicht mehr alt - I can’t work any more, I’m done, not doing anything else

Du hast doch ‘ne Meise / einen Vogel - you’re bonkers, nuts

Eine Meise - a blue-tit

Ich bin total platt! - tired, exhausted 

Alles in Butter - everything’s cool, all good 

Da steh ich voll drauf - I’m a fan of that, I like that 

Das ist der Hammer! - that’s awesome

Das ist nicht mein Bier! - not my business, doesn’t concern me 

Da habe ich ein bisschen geflunkert! - that may have been a little lie / I may have lied just a bit there 

Wir sind fein raus - done, sorted, problem’s already finished

Das scheint mir zwielichtig / verdächtig - there’s something I don’t trust here, looks a bit dodge to me 

das Zwielicht - twilight, but zwielichtig = shady

Ich schmeiß mich weg - actually dying of laughter rn

Ich bin voll verkatert - so bloody hungover

Ich mach ein Nickerchen - I’m going to go for a nap

Das ist doch bescheurt! - that’s just stupid, so dumb

Hau ab! - get lost!

Du machst mich arm! Ich hab fast keine Kohle mehr - you have Impoverished me, I’m skint

die Kohle = coal = money

der Zwanni - twenty euro note 

Kriegen wir (doch) hin! - WIR SCHAFFEN DAS, we can do it!

Dann schau ich später vorbei - then I’ll come round later / pop by later

Frag mich mal! - who’re YOU talking to?? (I’m in the same situation as you)

Ich werd heut nichts mehr reißen - I’m done, not going to do anything else today 

Er ist nicht der Hellste - he’s not the brightest spanner at the restaurant (choose your version) 

Das Restaurant war pure Abzocke! - the restaurant was an absolute rip-off

Das Essen war auch nicht mein Fall - the food was also a disaster

Der hat ne Macke - he’s nuts 

Mit der Aktion hat er wirklich den Vogel abgeschossen! - he really messed up there

Alles paletti bei dir - everything cool with you?

losziehen - to leave, go away, go out

Er wollte es ruhig angehen lassen - he just wanted to chill 

Quatschen - to chat 

Herumwitzeln - to tell jokes, joke around

Ich war total erledigt - I was completely knackered, klonkered in the bonkers (yes that’s a thing we really say)

Der Schlachtplan - plan of attack, daily plan 

Meine Bude - my place, my room, my house 

geil, supergeil - sick, awesome 

And when you’re done, just - you won’t regret this trust me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVcgDMBU94 

[thejdw81]

German Slang

jaja

jein

na, ja

na

Alter

was denn

neh

digga

Ami

Ami Sau

ach!