I know what it means, but is there a catchy English saying?
2006-10-11 01:00:15 · 9 answers · asked by GrumpySausage 1 in Travel ➔ Germany ➔ Other - Germany
Please stop telling me what it means, I speak fluent English and German, I know what it means. I want to know if anyone can come up with a matching English saying.
2006-10-12 19:16:43 · update #1
i found this
"self-reliance is the name of the game"
or "there's nothing like doing it yourself"
on dict.leo.org
it sound not too bad to me..
2006-10-11 01:40:51 · answer #1 · answered by sonne101 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, Amber is wrong and Sonne is 80% right.
"Self-reliance is the name of the game" hits the goal, but there are 2 different sayings in Germany: a) Selbst ist der Mann b) Selbst ist die Frau. (Mann = man, Frau = woman)
"Selbst ist die Frau" is just a result from "Selbst ist der Mann", which originally was an advertisement campeign in the early 20ies in Germany.
2006-10-11 20:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by Etobicoke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frau In English
2016-10-18 11:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She can hold her own.
Not kidding... that's it.
She can hold her own is used as a phrase to say exactly that... Selbst ist die Frau.
2006-10-13 21:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Die Deutsche , female Der Deutsche , Boy Die Deutschen , Society (the german) Das deutsche , automobile German is very confusing ! i'm german,yet i will talk english extra perfect ! hi ??? Who by using the F*** gave me that minus-element ?
2016-11-27 21:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by dufrene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im from Germany and that is a German saying...
okay it mean like "the woman can do all on herself" so she needs nobody and can do everything...
2006-10-12 03:11:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Selfmade women
2006-10-13 14:11:25 · answer #7 · answered by Pume 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most literal translation is "Even is the woman."
I normally have seen it used in situations where women are doing something that traditionally a man would be doing and they are doing it just as well or better.
2006-10-11 04:50:33 · answer #8 · answered by Amber N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She can stand her own ground
2014-12-18 23:27:27 · answer #9 · answered by Huchy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋