#german langblr funny

[hecho-a-mano]

a german woman who's a scammer call her a fräudlein

#german language #german #linguistics #shitpost #joke #funny #germany #pun #queue are lovely #language #languages #duolingo #langblr #jokrd #jokes

[chiara-klara-claire]

funny ways to say “in the middle of nowhere”

Collected funny ones under this post + contributions to this one (my selection). Most involve ass(holes), have god/the devil, (nonsense) names of villages…

🇩🇪German: in the ass of the world/ the pasture- am Arsch der Welt/der Weide; where Fox and Hare bid each other good night - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase Gute Nacht sagen (old-fashioned), where the dead dog lays - Da liegt der tote Hund, in Buxtehude/ (Kuh)kaff, in der Pampa, in Timbuktu

🇮🇹Italian: in assland - in culonia/culandia, in the wolves’ ass - in culo ai lupi, in the ass of the word - in culo al mondo; 🇫🇷 French in the asshole of the world - dans le trou du cul du monde

🇨🇿Czech: Where foxes bid good night to one another - Kde si lišky dávají dobrou noc

🇩🇰Danish: where the crows turn around - Hvor kragerne vender on Lars diarrheas field/on the field of Lars Shitpants - På lars tyndskids mark

🇳🇴Norwegian: far damn from violence - langt pokker i vold, “huttaheiti” (gibberish)

🇸🇪Swedish: out (there) in the spinach - ute i spenaten,“tjotaheiti” (see above, maybe originally from Tahiti)

🇪🇸in Spain: in the fifth hell/pine tree - En el quinto infierno/pino, where Christ lost the sandal/hat/lighter - Donde Cristo perdió la alpargata/gorra/mechero;

🇲🇽 Mexico: Where the devil farts - Donde el diablo se echa un pedo, and sometimes someone answers: “Y nadie lo escucha” And no one hears

🇹🇼in Taiwan: where birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't shit - 鳥不生蛋狗不拉屎的地方 

🇵🇱Polish - where crows turn around -  Gdzie wrony zawracają, where dogs bark from their ass - gdzie psy dupami szczekają 🐶; Where the devil says goodnight - Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc, where (black) pepper grows - gdzie pieprz rośnie, (mostly in the context of running as far away as possible or chasing someone away)

🇦🇺Australia: woop woop or "in the middle of woop woop' 🇳🇿 NZ: wop wops

🇻🇳Vietnamese: holy forests, poisonous waters - rừng thiêng nước độc / where mountain passes are windy/cloudy and winds swirl in vortexes - đèo heo hút gió or đèo mây hút gió (rarely used)

🇨🇦🇫🇷 Québéc: Saint clin clin des meuhs meuhs (actual village name…)

🇸🇦 Arabic (Saudi dialect): in the castle of wadren في مقلاع وادرين (an old castle in the middle of desert)

🇮🇱 in Israel: Israel: at the end of the world, take a turn left - סוף העולם שמאלה

🇫🇮Finnish: behind God’s back - jumalan selän takana, in the devil’s ass - helvetin perseessä;

🇬🇷 Greek: at the devil’s horn - Στου διαόλου το κέρατο;

🇧🇬 Bulgarian: on the ass of geography - На гъза на географията

🇮🇸 Icelandic Out in an asshole - úti í rassgati;

🇧🇷 in Brazil: in cock’s house - na casa do caralho;

🇦🇷 in Argentina: in the pussy of the parrot- en la concha de la lora 🦜;

🇪🇪 Estonian: in the bear's ass - karuperses 🐻

🇺🇸 USA: bumfuck Egypt

🇧🇪 in Belgium (Dutch): in a farmer’s asscrack - in een boerengat

🇺🇦 Ukrainian: in the devil's swamps в чорта на кулічках,  where the crow won't carry bones куди ворон кісток не заносить

#langblr #language blog #idioms #funny idioms #foreign languages #language facts #my selection #my fav is the german one <33333 #polyglot #have had this in the drafts for more than a year i guess #mine #my lists

[a-german-learning-clown]

The word means Floor Grinder Rental in English 🤡

#german langblr #deutsch langblr #deutsch lernen #langblr #german language memes #german #language memes #german memes #german language #langblr funny #german meme #german language learning #a german learning clown #language lover clown #language meme #language learning #learning german #german stuff

[linguafrencha]

Question for everyone because I’m curious. In German we often misunderstand English lyrics in a way where we hear a random German sentence that is obviously not really there but people could swear it is because it sounds exactly like it and it’s hilarious. I’m wondering if this happens for people with other native tongues too?

#if yes please send me a link if you have one #that shit is so funny #also this often even happens to us with german songs #which is even funnier to us #i hope this makes sense #idk how to tag #langblr humor #langblr #languages #langblog

[lina-studen]

gonna share some cute interaction I've had with the fourth-graders during a german class a few days ago:

me: so what did we notice here?

kids: the word "der löwe" in the genitive case has an ending -en, and "der tiger" has an ending -s, although they are both masculine nouns.

me: that's correct! this is because "der tiger" is a strong noun and is inflected differently.

that one little genius: isn’t a lion stronger than a tiger though?

#german language #thought process of a child is truly beautiful #I'm a bit mad that I'll never be as funny and clever as him #german langblr #langblr #education #teacher

[taispinimoragam]

Just found out that in Icelandic they call Dermatology (the Icelandic equivalent of) "skin lore" cause they never adopted the Greek and Latin Suffixes and prefixes as heavily as English did and so stuck to the Germanic way if expressing it.

Edit: Apparently this translation is innacurate. I had read this in a book, but apparently it is false. Apologies.

#this is infinitely fascinating to me #also I find the word ''skinlore'' really funny #my dad didn't appreciate this tidbit of information but I know you linguistics freaks on tumblr like me wwill appreciate it #Icelandic #icelandic language #icelandic langblr #germanic languages #Germanic #proto germanic

[navramanan]

bye i always wondered how “hals- und beinbruch” in german came to be used to wish someone good luck when it literally means breaking your neck and legs like i’d rather that doesn’t happen lol. i just found out it comes from hebrew but it means blessing and success (הצלחה וברכה - Hassloche u Wroche), german speakers just misunderstood it to sound like hals- und beinbruch 💀💀💀

#this is so funny to me #i'm gonna tell you guys how i found it out #there's this guys on yt bahador alast who gets speakers of different langs together to see how well they understand each other #i was watching his video with a yiddish an austrian and a dutch speaker #and so you guys know the austrian dialect has a good number of yiddish loan words so i was like let me see if i can find a list of them #and i looked it up. the wikipedia page of all yiddish loan words in german in general came up und i found it out that way #let me read further i'm having fun rn #nesi rants #german #yiddish #langblr #languages #so those interested can find my post <3

[wiggispa0fartface]

what if G-Pop (German pop) got popular like K-Pop and a bunch of teen girls all over twitter, tiktok, insta etc just start obsessing over artist like "Fritz" " Wilhelm " "Heidi" " Hans " "Analiese" and making them their pfps and trying to quote their german song lyrics. Trying to speak german (and it not turning out good) and calling G-Pop artist "Stattliche" "süß" "heiß" "Schnucki" and just obsessing over them and writing fanfics about them

#just a thought #german #deutsch #german pop #german langblr #german language #germany #just a random thought #idk what else to tag #im trying to do a funny guys

[darkness-holds-eternal-light]

🤭😁

This guy's German is still developing but his experiences with German lifestyle are very on point! 😉🇩🇪

This seems fairly accurate indeed 😌 :

#german #germany #lifestyle #deutsch #deutschland #fensterputzen #window cleaning #funny #languages #langblr #sprachen

[pulquedeguayaba]

These are the random and very unserious ramblings of a stoner whos also very fucking much into languages and learning them but also has a scorpio/sagittarius combo that makes them horrendously blunt/rude

Been studying Norwegian for the last 3 months (alongside revising/practising Hindi and a thorough revising of advanced English grammar), and I've been reflecting on language stuff so hard.

The silliest, unserious most striking aspect so far is that English is an truly an aberration, the French language absolutely ruined her and turned her into a deformity next to her Germanic siblings. Now, from a Romance language pov (native Spanish speaker here) that makes her suspiciously accessible. But at the end of the day, from that same pov (especially when it comes to the aesthetic aspect), all germanic languages are mostly rough sounding, rough looking and not the most aesthetically pleasing. However, and that's their biggest virtue imo, especially when contrasted with romance languages, they're so specific and straight to the point, unlike us who get lost into the figurative and the emotional.

#again this is unserious and not taking politics into account #i literally owe english half of what i am and do #but studying a sibling that looks and behaves closer to her than says german has made be more aware of this #u got german and italian for references too so it's not like i dont know the families well #and within the Indo-European family tree we're like first or second degree cousins #again this completely unserious and is just something i wanted to get off my chest #i like norwegian she's a nice girl #it's funny cos languages are male in spanish but in german and hindi they're female #langblr

[lvdi18]

*read in a high pitched girly-ass barbie voice*

Stoooooop 😬🥵😩

You are being so 🫣🫣😜

✨Aggressive✨

😜😩😘

#funny #german langblr #lol I am so funny 😜😩🥰🤭

[nataliasangelic]

Petition to bring back the discussion section in Duolingo, it's too funny. #german #duolingo #deutsch #hexe #langblr #learning #languages

[chiara-klara-claire]

funny idioms

My personal selection of idioms collected here and there. my posts - resources masterpost | aesthetic idioms | words with cute literal meaning

Icelandic 🇮🇸

Ég borga bara með reiðufé 🐑💰 - I only pay with an angry sheep: Okay, but I don't have to like it

að taka einhvern í bakaríið 🥯 - to take someone to the bakery: used as a threat, often in sports, when your adversary is about to experience a heavy defeat.

Finnish 🇫🇮 @finnish-sayings

kissanristiäiset 🐱 - a cat’s christening: an unimportant event or holiday

nakki ja muusi 🍲 - in the year sausage and mashed potatoes: long ago

Ilma on kuin linnunmaitoa 🥛🐦- The weather is like bird’s milk: The weather is wonderful.

Hänella ei ole kaikki muumit laksossa - he/she doesn’t have all the moomins in the valley: they’re crazy

Norwegian 🇳🇴 @hazel3017

Nappe seg i løken 🧅 - Yank the onion: a man who masturbates

Høy på pæra 🍐- High on pears: someone who is arrogant (head gets so big it looks like a pear)  

Det er helt Texas! : That’s completely Texas! That’s crazy!

Swedish 🇸🇪( @escapenorth-blog )

Den är paj 🥧 - It’s pie. “It doesn’t work.”

du är ute och cyklar! 🚲 - you’re out and riding your bike! “You don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Fårskalle 🐑 💀 - sheep skull ; hissen går inte gela vägen upp- the elevator doesn’t go all the way up: stupid

släng dig i väggen - throw yourself against a wall: take a hike 🌲

Danish 🇩🇰 @vikinglanguage

der er kommunister i lysthuset*- communists are in the funhouse: when someone has their period 🩸🏠

skide grønne grise 🐖 💩 - to shit green pigs: be extremely frightened 😰

gåsevin 🍷🦆– goose wine: Water

pølsetysker 🌭 🇩🇪 – sausage german: a very German German or just a way to call Germans you dislike

ikke helt appelsinfri* 🍊 - not entirely orange-free: drunk 🤠

at tale flydende svensk* 🗣🇸🇪 - to speak Swedish fluently / tale i den store hvide telefon**☎️- talk in the big white telefon / ringe til Ulrik** 📞 : to call Ulrik: to throw up 🤮

at skyde papegøjen 🦜🔫- to shoot the parrot: to have luck

Dutch 🇳🇱

Helaas Pindakaas 🥜 - too bad peanut butter (“peanut cheese”): too bad, which rhymes with pindakaas = 🇩🇪 Schade Marmelade: same as Dutch, but with jam

German 🇩🇪 this post by @for-the-love-of-wolves-studies and this @moami

einen Clown zum Frühstück essen/frühstücken 🤡 🍽️- eating a clown for breakfast: not behaving decently/having bad humor

bekannt wie ein bunter Hund 🐶 🌈 - known as a colorful dog: someone known all over town

fuchsteufelswild 🦊 - fox devil wild: super mad

einen Vogel haben 🐦 - to have a bird: to be crazy

Ich glaub mein Schwein pfeift 🐷 - I think my pig whistles: I think I’m dreaming  

die Gurkentruppe 🥒 - cucumber brigade: bunch of bunglers  

Durch den Kakao ziehen 🍫-  throw someone into chocolate: to make fun of somebody or something, to roast someone

die beleidigte Leberwurst spielen 🌭 - to play the offended liver sausage: being very resentful

Hans Wurst 🌭 - Hans Sausage: name to call a stupid person (both m/f)

jetzt haben wir den Salat 🥗 - now we have the salad: look at this disaster that we now have 

jemanden hinwünschen, wo der Pfeffer wächst 🧂 - wish somebody would be where pepper grows: to want somebody to be as far away as possible

nah am Wasser gebaut 💧- built close to the water: someone that is easily moved to tears

italian 🇮🇹

Cascare dal pero 🍐 🌳  - fall from the pear tree - find out about something when you were supposed to know it

Far venire il latte alle ginocchia 🥛- make milk come from one’s knees: being a pain/ annoying,

Andare a rane** 🐸 - go (as) frogs: something like online connection is lagging

fare la figura del cioccolataio 🍫 - make a chocolatier’s impression: to make a fool of yourself, be responsible for embarrassing cockups

Che pizza! 🍕 - What a pizza!: “Nuts!”/ used Wien you are bored or annoyed at something

Essere alla frutta 🍎 🍌 - to be at [the moment of] fruit: when the situation is very bad (meals usually end with eating fruit), to emphasize this some people might say al caffè, al dolce ☕️ 🍰(coffee, dessert time)

Un limone 🍋- a lemon: a make out session

French 🇫🇷 this

Chanter en yaourt - sing in yogurt: singing in gibberish, random sounds pretending to sing in [English]

Poser un lapin 🐇 - to put a rabbit: To stand someone up

Avoir le cafard 🪳 - to have the cockroach: To be depressed

Tomber dans les pommes 🍎🍏 - To fall in the apples: To faint

Donner sa langue au chat 👅 🐈- to give one’s tongue to the cat: I have no idea/I give up. used to say you don’t know about something and are unable to give an answer.

Polish 🇵🇱 @pol-ski this post

można z konie kraść 🐎- you can steal horses with him: a trustworthy person

co ma piernik do wiatracka - what does gingerbread have to do with a windmill: it’s irrelevant

*: apparently not used much but wanted to include them cause they’re hilarious; **: maybe regional/use limited to an area

Thanks for contributions: @dasloddl (de), @tetsunabouquet (nl)

#idioms #funny idioms #food idioms #langblr #language blog #foreign languages #danish #Italian #German #Norwegian #Icelandic #finnish #mine #my lists #most are either animal or food

[a-german-learning-clown]

P in Pflanze 🤝 T in Tsunami

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[lindwurmkai]

Hello. Due to my penchant for increasingly cryptic bios, here's some additional information to help you decide whether to follow this blog:

I mostly reblog and occasionally make a personal or funny (?) post

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I'm learning Mandarin and lately also Cantonese (again)! Not a langblr or whatever but it's a topic that comes up :)

Doing my best to stay out of discourse and succeeding most of the time

I'm here, I'm queer, I'm really fucking weird

Oh yes there will be neurodivergence and chronic illness blogging

Who else has been mostly trapped in their homes since before the pandemic? High five! 🫠

Since German is my native language, I like to occasionally ramble about differences between German and English. Accents and languages are a special interest

I've given up on using warning tags except for the most egregious stuff and so far no one's complained, but do let me know if there's something you need tagged

I fell into several Chinese media fandoms on entirely separate occasions and just kinda live here now I guess; I like Cantopop a normal amount (lying) and have been watching almost nothing but c-dramas for two years, a significant percentage of which was Daomu Biji adaptations

Favourite older fandoms include Star Trek (especially DS9), Good Omens, Doctor Who, BSG and BBC Merlin. My favourite movie is Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

I've been trying to read the Southern Reach series but unfortunately I can't read

Currently trying on they/he pronouns for size

#previous pinned posts #;

[meet-me-in-the-pouring-rain]

Throwback to this little gem of a word<333

#and you thought only german was like this #im sorry #long words #new words #:)) #norwegian #norsk #langblr #norwegian langblr #learning norwegian #norway #funny #linguistics #learning languages