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German Words That Aren't Schadenfreude
If you couldn't tell by the last name already, I've got a little German in me — both hereditarily and dispositionally.
This collection honors one of the things Germans have nailed over the years — cooking up their own words that other languages often need a full sentence to even begin to match.
A spectacular compound made up of wolke (“cloud”) + kuck... more
Used as an unhinged but exquisite insult, "evolutionsbrem... more
Torschlusspanik translates literally to "gate-closing pan... more
Feierabend, roughly translated to 'quitting time', actual... more
Hamsterkauf is a German noun that literally translates to... more
Habseligkeiten, chosen as the most beautiful German word ... more
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Kopfkino literally translated to "head cinema," but more ... more
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