Funny English words found in German

Here`s a German word I made up," Fickel " (fickle) eine kleine Sonntag-morgen nummer wenn du bist nicht ganz wach! As in "I feel pretty fickel you fancy a bit?"

Yes sea king I can see perfectly what you mean. On the other hand one can easily see that the English language is only a sub -class of the German language. An Island dialect so to speak. A mixture of Plattdeutsch and Dutch. Look at terms like 'Water' or 'Fish' these are directly taken from the German language. Still I am rather puzzled by the fact that so many of you have difficulties to understand your own Main Language.
Even in Switzerland where another funny kind of German is spoken people understand Hochdeutsch.

Oh boy... we now seem to have an expat Kraut vying to supplant MarcusBlair / BadBob / [insert name of your choice] in our affections.

Ah but it all comes down to what happened in 1066. Before then the english, or the southern english at least, were talking much more like the germanic tribes on the continent. The Norman invasion brought a strong French language influence into the English language. Thats why a great many words in the english vocabulary have french roots and not german ones. We`re a mix of french and german (and danish/viking - and celtic) influences.

A mix of French and German you are so? Is this what you are saying? So the English man was born by a French mother who was impregnated by a German father? I must think about that. I don't know if my all mind is ready yet for such an idea.

Post Scriptum. My last sentence should read: I don't know if my mind is all ready for such an idea. Taurus excreta cerebrum vincit.

No, his English isn't good enough to be MarcusBlair or BadBob.

@ER
No doubt about it. I was referring to the riling factor.

Well Hans - you are clearly unfortunately still struggling with getting English correct. Don't get me wrong. You are good, and much much better than I am at German, but your posts are still littered with english language errors - things we would never say such as:

"I don't know if my mind is all ready for such an idea." - total gibberish.

So until you have cracked the language yourself I suggest not posting on the subject, and I will agree also not to post about the German language on any German language forums.

Johnny again with all respect I can see many posts of native speakers littered with English language errors. Even your own posts don't seem to be totally free of them.
Every day I hear people say gibberish like 'He have', 'Me thinks' or 'I loves it'. I for myself know that this is wrong but at least I do understand what is meant. Johnny to avoid misinterpretations based on the regional use of the Germanic sub -language called English I suggest to use the classical language of Latin in our tough but fair dispute.
Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.

hans albers, do you understand the commonly used english phrase, fuck off? i suggest that you do. very quickly. why not go and find a web forum for small-penised germans living in ireland, eh?

The last two at least are commonly used knowing they are wrong, or old fashioned, or dialect, methinks. I loves it, I do.

Uhmm, back to the subject...

Pullover...
...and...
...Pullunder?

Pullover I can understand (and I think maybe is used in English, some places, but I'm notoriously bad at that, having been raised by a German mother)...

... but Pullunder? Especially since my mother always used it to describe things like sweater vests, that never should be pulled under anything...

Rowdy & Hooligan.

That reminds me. A very good friend of the family who also happens to be a little old lady living in Hamburg once was going on, in my presence, about the problem of "Yooonkeys". For a brief, confused moment I thought she was talking about "yankees". But no, she was talking about... junkies.

It didn't occur to me at first because I haven't heard anyone use that term in English for decades.

It's great to finally find somewhere I can have a good old moan about German life and customs!

This is my first post, and the 'eingedeutsched' English words that annoy me the most are the ones that have a 'y' ending in English and an 'ies' plural...In German they just stick an 's' on the end, like a 6 year old would, so it kind of looks plural.

The most commonly used if of course 'Party', which becomes the hateful 'Partys' in plural!

And then of course the plural of that aforementioned mobile phone word is 'handys'!

I think if they're going to pinch words from any foreign languages, they should follow the foreign rules!

Another thing, not English, but personally I hate the term 'Pommes Frites', especially as they use 'chips' to mean crisps instead of chips. What's all that about!?

It's all about that you are not in the UK anymore.

I'd realised that.

Globetrotter would be another funny English word found in the German language. Pronounce: Klo - bet -rotter.
Zoophilia is another one. This term describes sexual relationships between Humans and Non - Humans.
This practise seems to be still very common in parts of Scotland and is known as 'sheep-shagging' within the rural population there.

Ah Hansie Babie!
You bit off a lot more than you can chew this time!

"to have difficulty" and "to suggest" take the gerund.
Get yourself acquainted with the correct use "funny".
"you are so" WTFIT?
You are born "to" a mother! In your case there is some room for doubt!
"all ready" / "all mind" = denglish
"posts of native speakers" How German can you get?
You don't "say" gibberish, you talk it and you are an absolute master. Congratulations.
"within the rural population" is wrong boy!

Hans, you should watch Father Ted sometime. Listen to the German character. It's you!
I'll put the last sentence in your English:
Hans, you should see Father Ted sometimes. Hear the German character. You are it!

Hiberno-English can be funny sometimes. I can't really blame Hansi for the way he uses the English language.
Obviously he speaks better English then some of the Irish I know. Do you have any Gaelic Gariboldi?

Gerry, I hope you don't mind if I call you Gerry. If you want to go nit-picking, gawn . But your criticism is not valid. 'Within or Among' both versions are grammatically correct in this context. Google it for God's sake if you don't believe me. Anyway back to the topic. I remember when I was a small lad in Germany, there was an American Chewing Gum call 'Double Bubble'. It had a nice taste of Cinnamon. We used to call it 'Dupple Bupple'
Maybe some of you with an ear for German pronunciation can imaging how wrong it sounded.

The butcher at the Hit supermarket in Allach is called Fuck. The heading on the receipt is “Fuck Fleischmarkt� or is it “Fuckfleisch Markt�?

That is funny but it's in the wrong thread.
It would be more at home in the funny German names thread. There are lots of good ones there!