Suggested Germanisms
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transl. worry bacon, the weight you put on when you're anxious or excess weight gained due to emotion-caused overeating.
I wish I could get rid of my Kummerspeck
I found Backpfeifengesicht at @aplusk on twitter and the link http://bit.ly/zlwtD
They used the sentence: "I know a blogger that could use a Backpfeifengesicht", but it should be used as:
I know a blogger who has a Backpfeifengesicht.
I know a blogger who has a Backpfeifengesicht
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mother land, country of origin
I left Germany, my Mutterland, a couple of years ago
being happy forever without having a matching reason
With my German Glückselligkeit I could conquer America.
someone who is terribly grumpy in the mornings
I'm a Morgenmuffel, such a grumpy guts first thing in the morning...
a noun, mostly used in the phrase "ins Fettnäpchen treten", (to step into the Fettnäpfchen). It is used to describe a person, who screws up as often as he cans without intending to do so. If, for example, you tell a chesse producer, (without knowing that he is a cheese producer), that you hate cheese, than you stepped into the Fettnäpfchen.
He really stepped into the Fettnäpchen as he called his vegetarian fried a bloodthirsty menace.
Denkst, das ist mir egal/I don't care.
Trans: Baloney, nonsense An interjection used to deny the previous comment.
That is such quatsch!!! There is no way Edward Cullen is better than Harry Potter!!!
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