7 Funny German Words and Their Meanings
There are so many funny words in German and sometimes their meanings are straight-forward, sometimes they are words we might wish we had as English speakers!
Here are 7 funny German words, including two funny German words for animals (real or imagined?!), with slow pronunciation and the meanings of the words.
This episode is great for learners at the A1, A2, and B1 levels.
die Vokabeln:
Nummer
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Deutsch |
Englisch |
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1 |
der Kummerspeck das Hüftgold |
love handles |
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2 |
die Schnapsidee der Schnapstag |
a crazy idea a lucky day |
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|
3, 4 |
splitterfasernackt nackisch |
buck naked naked (colloquial) |
|
5 |
der innere Schweinehund Bonus: die Sportskanone |
your inner pig-dog (couch potato) sporting ace |
|
6 |
die eierlegende Wollmilchsau |
an egg-laying wool-milk-sow a jack-of-all-trades |
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7 |
die Kaulquappe, die Kaulquappen |
tadpole, polliwog |
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