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Old 05-31-2007, 10:23 PM
Troll_Inc Troll_Inc is offline
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Default Eine Dumme Frage

So I have a friend who wants to know the "best" German word that doesn't have a direct translation to English.

I can think of German words that don't "look" like their English counterpart, but they all seem translatable, i.e.
Gift = posion

I guess there may be some German idioms that don't translate, but idioms usually are more than one word.

Hilfe?
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Old 06-01-2007, 01:33 AM
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Default Re: Eine Dumme Frage

Sauerkraut.
Schnitzel.
Blitzkrieg.
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Old 06-01-2007, 06:43 AM
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Sauerkraut.
Schnitzel.
Blitzkrieg.

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Sauerkraut isn't good because we use the same word.

Schnitzel and Blitzkrieg are great though, and might fit my friend's dumb question.
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Old 06-01-2007, 07:26 AM
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Troll, you are using the word Sauerkraut BECAUSE there is no direct translation... some enlish native speaker are using Blitzkrieg for the same reason.

And to vote for something more nice: Kindergarten. (ok, some say Kindergarden, but at least the first part isnt translated).
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Old 06-06-2007, 11:18 AM
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Rucksack
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Old 06-06-2007, 01:51 PM
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Rucksack is backpack I think. So there is a translation.
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Old 06-06-2007, 04:35 PM
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Strassendraw oben unten!
Soweit ich weiß wird Blitzkrieg auch nicht übersetzt, genauso wie Reich, zumindest wenn vom dritten die Rede ist.
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Old 06-06-2007, 06:54 PM
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Warum nicht: "doch".

Es ist nicht Ja = Yes.
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Old 06-07-2007, 02:39 PM
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Maschendrahtzaun
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Old 06-07-2007, 03:59 PM
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Wurstwasserbrause

falls es net zum Thread passt sorry...las bloß grad nur Maschendrahtzaun da fiel mir das ein^^
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