Some funny German words everyone should know:

Purzelbaum (tumble tree) = somersault
Wasserhahn (water rooster) = water tap
Kummerspeck (grief bacon) = weight gained from grief
Zungenbrecher (tongue breaker) = tongue twister
Torschlusspanik (gate closing panic) = fear of being left on the shelf
Sitzfleisch (seat meat) = ability to sit still for long periods, stamina
Feierabend (celebration evening) = knocking-off time
Schnapsidee (booze idea) = a stupid idea

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and today's German word of the day for @Frogsicle is:

Stoßlüften

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and the German word of the day for @Frogsicle is:

Lüften

via @Kurorori
https://chaos.social/@Kurorori/113169642225596310

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#TheGermanWord "Verfassung" means "constitution".
The German word "Schutz" means "protection".

Put together " Verfassungsschutz" means "protection of enemies of the constitution".

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Some German words look like English, but mean something totally different. Examples:

brav = "well-behaved" not "brave"
Sinn = "sense" not "sin"
fast = "almost" not "fast"
Rat = "advice"/"council" not "rat"
toll = "great" not "toll"
Mist = "crap" not "mist"
Lack = "varnish" not "lack"
ordinär = "vulgar" not "ordinary"
Pickel = "pimple" not "pickle"
prägnant = "concise" not "pregnant"
Labor = "laboratory" not "labor"
Präservativ = "condom" not "preservative"

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and today's German word of the day for @Frogsicle is:

Pausenbrot

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The German word "Kopf" means "head".

The word "Stein" means "stone".

The word "Pflaster" means "(medical) plaster" or "pavement".

The word "Kopfsteinpflaster" sounds like a bandage you use when your head was hit by a stone. 🤕

But it's just the German word for cobblestones.

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In German, you may hear about strange animals - well, they're not animals:

- Drahtesel (wire donkey) = bicycle
- Wasserhahn (water rooster) = water tap
- Spaßvogel (fun bird) = joker
- Landratte (Land rat) = landlubber
- Tischbock (table goat) = trestle
- Pleitegeier (bankrupt vulture) = symbol for bankruptcy
- Fleischwolf (meat wolf) = mincer
- Leseratte (reading rat) = book lover
- Schweinehund (pig dog) = the inner force that keeps you from doing sports

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It is unbelievable for me that anybody wants to learn this language voluntarily.

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