Showing posts with label translate into English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label translate into English. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Word of the Month: Der Kummerspeck

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We encountered Kummer (sorrow, grief, anxiety) already in Liebeskummer , our word of the month for December 2009. Speck is the fatty tissu...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Word of the Month: Die Nervensäge

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Word of the Month: Index Nerven are nerves, and a Säge is a saw. Taken together, they refer to somebody or something that gets on your ...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Word of the Month: Buchschmuck

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Word of the Month: Index We know by now that a Buch is a book. Schmuck means "jewelry", both the precious stuff you possess ...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Word of the Month: Die Kampfsau, das Kampfschwein

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Word of the Month: Index Just in time for the beginning of the most exciting phase of the soccer year in Europe—The final stages of the ...
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Friday, February 1, 2013

Word of the Month: Pleitegeier

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Word of the Month: Index Pleite means "bankrupt" as an adjective and "bankruptcy" as a noun. A Geier is a vulture....
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Word of the Month: Spaltpilz

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Here's another mushroom ( Pilz ), but this one is less endearing than the Glückspilz we dealt with in the past. Spalten means "to...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

Word of the month: Schwein(e)hund

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A Schwein is a pig and a Hund a dog. Put the two together and you have a word designating someone who might be called a "bastard...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Words of the Month: Hausdrachen, Pantoffelheld

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So far, I have resisted posting WoMs that could be viewed as sexist—I briefly alluded to this when, in a discussion about maulfaul , I was a...
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