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23 German Words Slang Your Textbook is not teach you.
Think of all the slang you use with friends on a daily basis.
How many of those slang words do you show in textbooks basic English.
Well, the German heard in the streets ain t sweltering language content in your hand is.
Once you have been studying for a while, you'll want to speak German in a cool way, casual like a native.
When you feel this urge, it's definitely time to ditch the books for a while and focus your energy on the authentic, modern times German slang expressions.
The terms listed here include words borrowed from other languages, words, sentences condensed derivatives stupid and even guttural sounds that simply charge does get approval from the textbook publisher.
This slang is a step beyond the more tame slang expressions deemed appropriate for beginning language learners What makes it special damn He's the kind of slang that can be confusing when you are new because it often lacks grammar, structure and pronunciation.
In combination with a solid foundation in German slang that can turn you from a nervous abroad, spread a fast-talking world citizen.
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Slang your common German textbook is not you.
No matter what stage of learning the German language that you are, it'll be worth your time to look at these words of common German slang You are required to meet during a trip to Germany speaking with partners language exchange or navigation German etiquette and customs.
Germans respect their southern neighbors as much adopted their greeting in German.
The Italians are in fact the largest group of non-Germans in Germany after the Turks, and there was even a relatively small group of Italian guest workers Gastarbeiter brought into the country in the 1950s Germans liked to go to Italy since time of Goethe, it's natural that such a word cool, useful was taken up by savvy Germans.
A common greeting in the south, it literally means that I am your servant Latin You can use it to say hello or goodbye or just do not be surprised when you hear someone saying a similar sentence Servus Scheiße, noch does Bayer Greetings Oh no, another Bavarian.
Greet God If you go south of the Catholic Germany, you will hear that phrase all the time at formal occasions of supermarket cashiers, bus drivers and so on.
Be careful to tell yourself you really should not say in conversation unless the context is entirely accurate.
If you say in another part of Germany on the south side, you have a very strange look surprised when I asked Bavarian about this, I was told that didnt even really have a religious connotation and were a little confused why I think he did.
A common way to greet people is to tell Naaaa This property means it is not a question you need to answer.
A friend who was visiting the States noted that when we say Tschüß we raise the tone of our voice an octave, I'm not the right person to explain what an octave, but the word can give your Tschüß range some daily exercise.
This means goodbye, if she is on the phone or in person, and it is said variants often I have heard include Tschu Tschu-Tschu Tschüssi and i is a common diminutive, cutesy used for all sorts of things.
There are competing explanations for the origins of this greeting that can be used throughout the day.
It is commonly accepted that in the north of the Hanseatic Germany Bremen, Lübeck and Hamburg, the word is shortened Morgen to form the greeting Moin which means morning.
In Friesenland region, which is located in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein to the Danish border, people will even say that Moin moin twice.
Another source says that the double version comes from a Dutch word meaning beautiful, which is more logical because the Plattdeutsch dialect spoken in Lower Saxony, many Dutch influences You can read more about it here.
I also heard that Claimed by a tour guide on the resort island of Sylt as the double version is derived from the Frisian language and means good winds, but that really sounds to me an urban legend.
A cool way to say goodbye is to say Mach Gut.
In the focus is German, I hear sometimes here in Berlin, which turns into Jut anyway Mach, it is literally translated means make it good, but it means something closer to have a good .
An intelligent response to this is to say the besser Mach do better.
This means that the next time and another common way to say goodbye without having to resort to Auf Wiedersehen manual basis.
This short and sweet sentence rings with indecision.
Na ja Mögen wäre ein vielleicht bisschen viel Ich habe nicht wirklich etwas gegen ihn, aber.
Do you like Florian as well is a bit much I don t really have anything against him, but.
Rather than saying really nein, not in the conversation you hear that audience much nö often this word is like fingernails on a chalkboard to so Austrian, where they say jo and na instead of ja and n ö respectively .
It sounds a bit childish, but if you are being German skeptic might point out that they're not exaggerating by stretching the word ja pm and put in the middle of it is something that the children will tell if they're having an argument, and it always seems a bit childish.
You can expand the vowel in a word for emphasis by adding an hour, in fact.
Bist du wirklich sicher, dass die of Hauslichter ausgeschaltet ace.
Are you really sure you turned off the lights in the house Yeeeee hessss I'm not stuuuu piddddd.
Geil is a difficult word for German learners to use because it means horny, handsome and cool at the same time If you say Leider geil unfortunately geil, it refers to the song Leider Geil by Deichkind NSFW is things that are impressive but also negative side affects.
Friedrich Liechtenstein, famous actor and German singer, made the great viral video Geil was so popular that he was asked to make a sequel by the German supermarket chain Edeka that I actually think is even funnier than the original .
The Germans have a lot of hand expression to indicate that they think someone is stupid or crazy One of them waving their hand in front of your eyes, as if they're out if you are still alive by seeing if your eyes react to light.
Another is a vigorous push with the index in the forehead These expressions are often accompanied by the sound Haaa meaning WTF.
You hear it a lot this means in any case or in any case, and it is just a common way to say for sure that you can also say auf keinen Fall to say definitely not.
These three sentences translated theoretically respectively, so, in principle, the end result being.
One reason why Germany has earned its reputation country of poets and Dichter und Denker thinkers is because of their willingness to use this kind of formal academic language sounding in everyday language.
This is a very common phrase in German means that life is not a place for pony rides This means that you should not expect things to go easily for you typically German.
One of the things that Germany is known for its apparent lack of constraint is no speed limit on the roads, no laws against drinking in public drinking ages and very low.
However, despite all this, the Germans didn lot of problems with alcohol and marvel often the difficulties of what they call Anglo-Saxon relationship with alcohol This term, only a single pig to drink, is an example of why Germany is not a problematic relationship with alcohol.
Krass means the same as the English word rude, but in German meaning was expanded and the word can be used to describe almost anything, generally, but not necessarily in a positive way Krasse Krasses Musik Essen.
No doubt an expression that comes from the east of Germany, as it's referring to the Soviet currency Expression of Rubel must roll means that money must be fluctuation, if you get paid your job or another source of income.
Machst of eigentlich Nachtschichten fürs ganze Wochenende.
Do you really work at night for the weekend The Rubel must roll.
Heard of the day of Saint Nimmerlein Saint Nimmerlein is a fictional saint, and you can tell that something will happen on vacation it seems that it is never going to happen.
Nimmer is a word that means rare and never lein is a diminutive which is the name he's added seem small or cute An example when to use this expression would be discussing the opening of the new BER airport in Berlin, which has now been delayed for several years because it was originally planned to open.
Sometimes when you want to go the last subway train at home, your friends will tell you Noo Don t GO Stay here and you'll wind saying ugh, fine and spend the whole night being tired and unhappy because you have to stay four hours before the first morning train one way to move beyond this situation is to a Polish output, which means to leave without saying goodbye this brings me to my next word.
Assi is a contraction of the word meaning Asozial asocial It is a word used to describe someone who is rude or annoying and didnt take into account the effects of their actions on others.
Servus, ihr Krassen Remember Assis, it's a small enough sample and staff of interesting German expressions, I'm sure you'll be able to add many more to this list as you continue on your way to the perfect learning German.
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