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Friends with benefits
Is there a German phrase for this?
Does anyone know a German colloquialism for "friends with benefits", or am I stuck with a literal translation?
"Vitamin B"
Whereas the "B" stands for "Beziehungen"
Whereas the "B" stands for "Beziehungen"
no vitamin b is used for any connections. Meaning that if you are looking for a job it is helpful to have someone who works at the place because you have a better chance of getting the job. You could then say that you have vitamin b.
Vitamin B refers more to friends in a networking context.
Edit: as brokenm said.
Edit: as brokenm said.
Er - friends with benefits means you have a good friend with who you don't have a relationship, but you have sex, right?
Vitamin B stands for connections, meaning you e.g. get a job everybody else would like to have even if your skills are not good, but your Dad is a buddy of the big boss there...
Friends with benefits - we don't really have a colloquialism for it.
Closest might be "Ein guter Freund mit dem man manchmal intime Momente teilt..."
Vitamin B stands for connections, meaning you e.g. get a job everybody else would like to have even if your skills are not good, but your Dad is a buddy of the big boss there...
Friends with benefits - we don't really have a colloquialism for it.
Closest might be "Ein guter Freund mit dem man manchmal intime Momente teilt..."
you could say bumpsenfreunde
freund für schöne stunden
AKA fuckbuddies?
Humpenkumpel ?
Bonkenbekanten ?
Bonkenbekanten ?
In my nicest German: Fickfreunde
Sorry.
Sorry.
Thanks all for the suggestions; "fuckbuddies" is a bit uncouth compared to FWB, but there's good material here to work with.
Best one I ever heard was zukünftige Ex - nice bite to that one.
Local people might say "fuckbuddy".
Am I local then? Or has that slang penetrated all levels of 'uncouth' society now?
EDIT: yes, pun intended. I was originally going to say 'infiltrated'.
EDIT: yes, pun intended. I was originally going to say 'infiltrated'.
Bumpskumpel
It's bumsen, not bumpsen, so surely bumskumpel. Funny this topic was started by someone called Randy.
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wish I had one ...
techtelmechtel??
QUOTE (Yeti @ Jun 28 2006, 1:07 pm) 
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Nice one. Bettbekannte®, Fickfrosch, Nageltier... but don't forget a prayer beforehand, it's definately a sin here in Munich
Well if they are any good you should be invoking a deity at the end and not before.
QUOTE (Didsbury @ Jun 28 2006, 1:05 pm)
It's bumsen, not bumpsen.
You may only bumsen, but I bumpsen!!!
Is a Bumsen Brenner a date with guaranteed friction burns ?
I do not think there is a really good way of translating this term into German. All the suggested ones (if they applied) would translate to fuck buddies, which means the same, but it's an entirely different register (level of language), so it might not be appropriate to use the German term when fwb would be (socially/contextually) acceptable.
I know to translate literally can sometimes make the sentence structures come out like Yoda but how about this - "freund mit nutzen"??
Hausfreund is what i heard it called
QUOTE (sarabyrd @ Jun 28 2006, 11:13 am)
Really, it's all there in a nutshell.
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Das Bratkartoffelverhältnis ist ein umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck für eine lose Liebesbeziehung. Der Begriff entstand vermutlich im Ersten Weltkrieg für aus der Not geborene Zweckbeziehungen, bei denen es den Männern mehr um ein warmes Essen als um Liebe ging.
Besonders populär wurde der Begriff nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg für Beziehungen zwischen heimkehrenden Soldaten und Witwen, die in "wilder Ehe" lebten, um den Verlust der Witwenrente zu vermeiden.
Heute wird der Begriff nur noch scherzhaft für nicht sehr ernsthafte oder sporadische Liebschaften verwendet, manchmal auch im übertragenen Sinn für gelegentliche, freundliche Kooperation in anderen Lebensbereichen.
Besonders populär wurde der Begriff nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg für Beziehungen zwischen heimkehrenden Soldaten und Witwen, die in "wilder Ehe" lebten, um den Verlust der Witwenrente zu vermeiden.
Heute wird der Begriff nur noch scherzhaft für nicht sehr ernsthafte oder sporadische Liebschaften verwendet, manchmal auch im übertragenen Sinn für gelegentliche, freundliche Kooperation in anderen Lebensbereichen.
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The B. is a colloquial expression for a casual affair. It assumedly originates from relationships of convenience after WWI when a warm meal was more important than love.
It became especially popular after WWII when soldiers returning from the war and widows lived in common-law relationships to avoid losing the widows' pensions.
Today it is used in a joking manner referring to relationships that are sporadic or not very serious; sometimes also as a metaphore for occasional friendly cooperation in other areas of life.
It became especially popular after WWII when soldiers returning from the war and widows lived in common-law relationships to avoid losing the widows' pensions.
Today it is used in a joking manner referring to relationships that are sporadic or not very serious; sometimes also as a metaphore for occasional friendly cooperation in other areas of life.
Yes except, I - for example - had never heard this expression before, so I assume, a lot of other Germans haven't either, while fwb is understood by all native speakers of English (or so I assume).
Personally, I think "friends with benefits" is a rather childish expression. And it's such a weird euphemism for gingerly dancing around a topic that is anything but. Why be indirect?
Maybe the reason there are no similar German euphemisms is that they don't have patience for such silliness when it comes stating something rather simple.
Maybe the reason there are no similar German euphemisms is that they don't have patience for such silliness when it comes stating something rather simple.
QUOTE (Mariposa @ Oct 23 2006, 11:03 pm)
Yes except, I - for example - had never heard this expression before, so I assume, a lot of other Germans haven't either, while fwb is understood by all native speakers of English (or so I assume).
True, the younger generation may not be familiar with the expression. There are benefits to being over 30 ...
QUOTE (Mariposa @ Oct 24 2006, 12:03 am)
while fwb is understood by all native speakers of English (or so I assume).
Actually I'd never heard of this expression and it took me a while to understand what this thread was about!
I only heard it last winter. So I'm guessing it's US slang - I don't keep up with that...
Ha - Toytown is great. Look what you find with search, but my discussion does not belong in the translation section.
Where i live, we call it Fick-Beziehung.
Another oldfashioned description of the guy would be Hausfreund.
The lady would be a Mätresse (from the french 'maîtresse') though very oldfashioned.
And remember, it's not always a friend. In fact you don't really have to like each other to make it work. ;-)
Another oldfashioned description of the guy would be Hausfreund.
The lady would be a Mätresse (from the french 'maîtresse') though very oldfashioned.
And remember, it's not always a friend. In fact you don't really have to like each other to make it work. ;-)
Hah, I was just in the baker's and, as I walked in, the girls behind the counter were giggling about a "Hausfreund". I don't think they were talking about me though, sadly.
I have another question: Is there an English version of "Lochschwager"? It's when you had sex with the same girl. "Brother in hole" if you want. I know, it's not nice to say, but i was wondering before.
Bettgeschichte :-)
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