i have two:
vorschlaghammer - sledgehammer
metzgermeister - masterbutcher
2007-06-25 18:31:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Schadenfreude .
"Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others"
Odd that English doesn't have a word for something so many people do... and even have video clip progammes to satisfy.
Another I've needed to import:
Zugswang: "compulsion to move". From chess but applicable to life. Whatever you do will make things worse, but you can't do nothing.
2007-06-25 19:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Bleistiftspitzer
I don't speak any German really, in High School through College I took Spanish, French, and Latin myself. Still, my German taking friend in High School introduced this word to me, which I like to declare in a loud scary voice to people.
It means "pencil sharpener".
2007-06-25 18:41:46 · answer #2 · answered by HaphazardJoy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Schlimmbesserung" : "a so-called improvement that makes things worse."
"They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases", Howard Rheingold, Sarabande Books (August 1, 2000), ISBN-13: 978-1889330464 : http://www.amazon.com/They-Have-Word-Lighthearted-Untranslatable/dp/1889330469
2007-06-25 20:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Konzentration
2007-06-25 19:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entbindung
2007-06-25 18:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by Sehr_Klug 50 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hosenscheiser
2007-06-25 18:35:48 · answer #6 · answered by hairypotto 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gummibärchen.
2007-06-25 19:29:31 · answer #7 · answered by Schatzi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ausgezeichnet.
2007-06-25 18:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Chase 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Schmetterling = butterfly
however, literal translation of Schmetterling: "little smash"
2007-06-25 23:32:24 · answer #9 · answered by female_daywalker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fingerspitzengefühl = knowing to act and react in a very refined way (fingertip feeling)
2007-06-25 20:15:31 · answer #10 · answered by lodchjo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋