Suggested Germanisms
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transl. lovesickness, so deeply affected by love as to be unable to act normally.
Peter was so lovesick, even his friends and family noticed he wasn't acting normally
high-speed magnetic-levitation train
We rode with the transrapid yesterday.
transl. knuckle of pork, traditional meal served at the Octoberfest
Wardrobe. The piece of furniture which Germans instead of closets.
I hung my coat up in the Schrank.
hypocritical, pretending to be pious, sanctimonious, pharisaical, emphasizing religious observance over sincere belief
Du bist scheinheilig
Freibiergesichter, are people, you see they only on a party to drink the free beer.
Freibiergesichter, plural
Freibiergesicht, singular
Die Freibiergesichter sind auch wieder da. --> The Freibiergesichter are here.
An Unternehmer in German is exactly what is traditionally called an entrepreneur in English.
I just like the similarity between unter-nehmer and under-taker, which translates practically literally into English (unter = under, nehmer = taker).
After all, all undertakers are Unternehmers, but not all entrepreneurs are undertakers. :)
Entrepreneur is a loan word from French, so why not take the German one? ;)
He was really sucessful as an Unternehmer.
A "Dumpfbacke" is a stupid and / or ingenuous person.
==> eng: dumbass, dimwit
In the german version of "Married... with children" Al Bundy calls his daughter Kelly a "Dumpfbacke" all the time.
with allowance, charity or even in the worst case a bit of foolery
With my German Gutmütigkeit I will be friendly welcomed in the United States.
Means dud or unexploded ordnance device. But used to describe something (or someone) unable to do its job. Equivalent to a loser.
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