"Cool" German words

What words do you enjoy showing off with?

Too many But one recently acquired: Wahnsinn

I kinda like to throw that around a bit.

"Baujahr"
Because it sounds like some mental Samurai shout of extreme violence and immediate crushing pain but actually means "year of construction"

The wonderful word 'womit', especially when it comes out sounding like 'vomit'.

That's good. I'll swap ya . . . .

I was reading an Observer article (obviously) back home and came across "worldview" or "die Weltanschauung". It means one's outlook (in a kinda philospohical way).

Slip it in, and watch them go "oooooh!"

On a similar note, you get Bebauung.

I still really like "Gummistiefel"

wankwinkel

think it means obtuse angle

Helles

Past scho'

Schlampe

@PP

How is "building development" going to get you any linguistic street-cred Fritzside?

German chicks dig being called schätzchen

'zifix

That's good. But what does it mean?

We are sharing people here, sharing ...

Po

it's short for Kruzifix
means flippin 'eck

The Most Beautiful Word in the German Language

@wee mun - schätzen is right on the money with the girlies...

gotta love Schmarrrrrrrrrn!

checker = geezer
checken = ich check sein Frisur = give his hair the once over
poppen = to have sex (so the Pringles ad "einmal gepoppt, nie gestoppt" takes on a new meaning)
Schmarrnkönig = someone talking bollocks
Oh just read Bravo (esp. Dr Sommer) - yes this is a magazine for teenagers

Vokuhila = Mullet

I like "Po" and "'zfix" so much . . . I've written them on me hand.

Cheers Topsy and Oli.

der Hammer - "the best" or "the absolute living end", and often used ironically "das ist der absolute Hammer!"

Schmarrn - nonsense, "so ein Schmarrn"

krass - nuts, crazy "Das ist so krass, was die Top-Manager für ein Einkommen haben!"

Guess who'll be posting in the "Why do Germans stare so much" thread tomorrow.

Aye! With a brain as useless as mine, I find it the only way to actually make the frigging words go in. Boss always asks why I go out clubbing so much.

schweinerei

I have heard schweinerei used to describe a work place filled with idiots & w$&kers and having a generally poor management. The nearest thing i can think of in english is shithole but it doesn't really convey all of it in one word.

Don't forget 'damit'!

Joe, that's UMBEZAHLBAR!

Klasse.

Woàkel = Niederbairisch for 'bit of fluff'.

That's me at home... The Great Woàkel (on account of my grey hairy fleece ~ my second skin).

Wuàschdfinga - Thick finger (think sexual)

I also like 'Noàgal' - the last sip of beer before the glass is empty.

Pfià de Noàgal!

Sin

The subject was German, not Elvish!

Du biss 'n rischdisch jammerlabbe

Hessisch, think it means you are speaking a load of shite

But... I ain't in Germany mate!!! I live in the Free State of Bayern

guile = horny literally, but has taken on the meaning of cool, phat, awesome, groovy or whatever other generational word for "cool" you want to use.

Of course I think everyone knows this and it's no secret. Even a store that uses it in their advertising. "GEIZ IST GUILE!" = "Cheapness is cool!"

Wankmotor

cos it sounds like...well, do i have to spell it out?

Have you been reading fap fap fap fap fap's threads again OG?

Böse Affe! (Evil Monkey)

Plüschig

that would be "Geit ist Geil!"

Oh, and Absacker

That's the last drink of the night that you intentionally take to ensure you pass out when you get home.

"noch einen letzten Absacker"

Dudelsack

Schlappschwanger (though someone may have to correct my spelling )

do you mean "Schlappschwanz"?

Did you learn that one from your last German girlfriend?

Ah yes that's the one..


Touché!

I like "Pippifax" (it means child's play, when something is really easy) although I don't use it that much.

"Schnick-schnack" - full of ornamentation

"Ach was!" is an expression I use a lot.

When I am pissed off, as opposed to pissed, I like to mutter "scheidplatz!" under my breath, then wait for the question..."what did you say?" And then I say it louder! It just sounds like a good cuss word!

Höschen

I like "ersatz" and "wirr".

Ersatz: "die Dänen sind Ersatzdeutschen" (the Germans can be substituted by the Danish)
Used in English as well sometimes
"you ersatz-Einstein!" (translating this into its exact English equivalent is not possible I think. It's a mixture between "sad excuse for a" and "substitute"

wirr:
"Sie redet nur wirres Zeug"
She just rambles on.

The word I dislike most would be "sachgemäß". This word is IMHO the personification of German identity.
"sachgemäß" - done in the correct/proper way (probably according to some DIN or ISO standard)

I've got into the habit of saying "närsch" (ich werd' närsch - ich werd' verrückt) It's a saxonian word.

I love that word

närsch, närsch, närsch, närsch, närsch, närsch, närsch,

Hmmm, also used to be a nightclub which served as part of the Gunther Murphys - Shamrock - Pippifax triangle. And "really easy" was a suitable description for that place too...or at least the clientelle.

blimey...that's going back a bit...did you ever go into Paddy's 'Irish' Pub?

@OG

Actually it is "Geiz ist Geil"

http://www.saturn.at/

I got "Guile" wrong though... the spelling of it anyways.

My fave Bavarian word is Zoz'n.
It's not a really offensive word, but it's...not that nice.
Angela Merkel is a Zoz'n, for example, not just due to the haircut...

My fave English word at the mo is cucumber, the way it's pronounced...cüüücamba...ooh, love it...or the ois in rrroight back or loight...Ah !!
(Sorry. Got carried away here...)