#german phrases

[multidimensional-trashcan]

Because recently saw a post about the verbatim translation of german phrases you now get to chose between 10 phrases i translated more or less verbatim.

I'd love it, if you reblogged this and put in the tags what you think those are supposed to mean.

#polls #germany #german phrases

[yes-asil]

Started watching Detective Conan from the beginning again

#detective conan #conan edogawa #asil and art #him being found with the blood dribbling down his eye is so iconic #had to put extra effort into that one #watching the German dubbed version and Shinichi is so savage #Oh Herr lass diesen Kelch an mir vorüber gehn' #had me in absolute stitches #I really need to keep some of these phrases in mind too #Nomen ist Omen or Satz mit X das war wohl nix or Pack schlägt sich Pack verträgt sich or even Gekonnt ist eben gekonnt like MAN #and I forgot how often they were allowed to swear #hearing a random slur really slaps you in the face at times it's great

[divortion]

HELLO???

#he said this to her FACE???? #did everyone else already know this phrase? i had to google it #the layers to this reference like. misogyny. german empire. three Ks. they really distilled a lot of menckenism into this one line #succession s4 #succession

[abba-enthusiast]

Der Kondukteur im Zug hat uns gerade mitgeteilt, dass der Zug Verspätung haben wird, weil Kälber auf dem Gleis oder in Gleisnähe seien und man daher langsamer fahren müsse um zu vermeiden, dass es Kalbsgeschnetzeltes gibt

#like what a way to phrase that #german stuff

[etherealspacejelly]

some words just sound better in other languages

when im putting the subtitles on for a video or tv show i usually say to myself "I need the sous-titres"

if i drop something or make a sudden mistake i usually instinctively say sheiße instead of shit

me and my mum often say to each other "wo ist die katze?" when we are looking for the cat

I will often say "Qu-est que ç'est?" instead of what is that

me and my dad have an inside joke where we deliberately pronounce common French phrases with strong northern British accents, just because it sounds funny (similar to the way David Tennant says "allons-y" in Doctor Who, but with an even stronger and sillier accent)

i often comment "il pleut" when it is raining, or just say "he rains" in english even though that is the incorrect grammar, because i think it's funny to say things in english with grammar from other languages

I am English, both of my parents are English, I was born in England and have lived here all my life. I just studied three languages in high school like a fucking nerd (and im autistic, that might have something to do with it)

#autism #audhd #adhd #language #french #german #the languages were french german and spanish btw #idk why i dont use spanish phrases more often #possibly because neither of my parents speak spanish #my mum studied german in high school and my dad has french family so those languages are used in our house more often i guess

[daughterofhecata]

Ich verstehe ja, dass gerade die deutsche Regierung einfach aus rein historischen Gründen Israel unterstützen muss. Aber ist es wirklich so viel verlangt, die Berichterstattung zumindest einen Hauch weniger einseitig zu gestalten?

#german stuff #israel #palestine #kaj rambles #jede zweite spiegel schlagzeile beginnt mit 'hamas terror' #entschuldigung aber das letzte was *ich* gelesen habe ist dass *israel* ein verdammtes krankenhaus bombardiert hat #this post is neither pro-hamas nor pro-israel but absolutely horrified by the disregard for civilian lives on both sides #to delete later #possibly #idk how well phrased this is #german politics #german

[wednesdayorwhatever]

sooo I noticed something

There are these obvious parallels between Wednesday and Enid on the one hand and Morticia and Weems on the other hand in terms of being roommates in Ophelia Hall, being captain and co-pilot at the Poe Cup, their general aesthetics (Morticia + Wednesday = dark hair, dark clothes, dark everything / Weems + Enid = blonde hair, bright clothes) etc.

I think these parallels are also emphasized by scenery:

so at first you would think: there is supposed to be a parallel between Wednesday and Morticia and then Enid could be compared to Weems in some ways

BUT if you think about it and analyze the characters more deeply you could say that in some ways Wednesday has more in common with Weems than with Morticia, whereas Enid has more in common with Morticia than with Weems.

Here are some things I noticed while thinking about this:

#1 their roles at the Poe Cup

This is what initially made me think more closely about the parallels between the four of them: Weems tells Wednesday that the last time Ophelia Hall won the Poe Cup, Morticia Addams captained the team - just like Enid captains the team now. Weems was Morticia’s co-pilot - just like Wednesday is Enid’s co-pilot. This made me wonder: Why didn’t they make the parallels between Wednesday and Morticia more obvious by just having Wednesday be the captain and Enid the co-pilot? The reason for Wednesday being the co-pilot is Yoko not being able to participate in the Poe Cup but instead of making Yoko the original captain and Enid the co-pilot, having Yoko be unable to participate and then making Wednesday the captain and Enid the co-pilot, the writers decided to have it the other way around. Enid now has the position that Morticia used to have and Wednesday has the position that Weems used to have. Which doesn’t put Wednesday in her mother’s position - but in Weems’s position. And Enid in Morticia’s position.

#2 their character traits

Like Wednesday Morticia has a dark aesthetic and is drawn to dark and morbid things. There are obvious parallels. But if you look at their personalities more closely you see a lot of differences. While Wednesday never expresses emotions, doesn’t show any interest in romance and is very aloof in general, Morticia is very likable, very passionate and romantic (in her own unique dark and morbid way of course) and also sentimental and kind of soft. Wednesday doesn’t care about others at all and is a loner whereas Morticia’s love for her husband is unmatched and her family is very important to her. Enid, though not matching the Addams’ aesthetic at all, seems to have more in common with Morticia personality-wise than Wednesday has in common with her mother. Enid is engaging and passionate, enthusiastic and has a high interest in romance. She is also likable and dedicated and emotional, in a way like Morticia. I have always thought, even before Tim Burton’s “Wednesday”, that Morticia Addams could in some ways be described as having a “bright” personality as opposed to her dark appearance. She draws others in, she’s devoted and dedicated, happy and positive. Enid is like that too while Wednesday is completely different. Morticia herself talks about Wednesday’s and her opposing dispositions when talking to Wednesday about her psychic abilities - Morticia's disposition being positive (which causes her visions to be more positive and which makes her a Dove) while Wednesday’s disposition being darker on the other hand (which causes her visions to be more potent and powerful and which makes her a Raven). I think it is very obvious that Enid’s disposition is positive too, just like Morticia’s.

And then there’s Weems. Obviously, Weems and Wednesday don’t have the exact same personality. On the outside, Weems is always nice and friendly, she’s polite and civil. But there is also a different side to her. She doesn’t show it to others but she does have a rather dark and angry side that she is hiding. She is very bitter about her past and seems to hold on to a lot of jealousy towards Morticia. She can also get very angry and harsh. And she is serious, unlike Morticia, who is soft and angelic. Because of her bitterness and her seriousness and the fact that she hides these negative feelings from others (when she confesses to Thornhill that her own Rave’N was only disappointing she then quickly changes the topic and doesn’t want the conversation to get more personal) and especially the throwing-a-yearbook-page-into-the-fire-scene with that evil and hateful expression on her face, I would describe her disposition as rather dark as well. Weems is nice and a good person but she is not light-hearted and carefree, there is a certain severeness to her. Therefore a dark disposition - just like Wednesday. And when you think about it, she is a loner, too. She is surrounded by people but no one is even remotely close to her - just like Wednesday.

#3 their lives at Nevermore

Enid is very passionate about Nevermore and the whole school spirit thing, participates in a lot of school activities, is captain of the Ophelia Hall team at the Poe Cup etc. Morticia was like that too. She was captain of the fencing team, Queen of the Dark Prom and President of the Séance Society (what a legend) and Wednesday says that Nevermore “was the perfect school” for her mother. Just like Nevermore is the perfect school for Enid! Both Enid and Morticia are popular and successful and show a high level of identification with the school.

By the end of the first season Wednesday seems to enjoy being at Nevermore. But she did NOT (and I like that fact and love that the writers did it that way) and will probably never follow her mother’s footsteps. Wednesday has no interest in networking and being popular and taking part in group activities. And while it is nice that she found people she cares about (mostly Enid and Eugene), she will not be like her captain-and-queen-and-president-of-everything mother and prefers to be an outsider, even at a school for outsiders.

I think it is very likely that Weems was an outsider when she was a student at Nevermore too, just like Wednesday. We know that she was always jealous of Morticia because Morticia was popular. When Morticia says that they had good times at Nevermore, Weems basically says “speak for yourself”, implying that her time at Nevermore wasn’t that great, and at the Rave’N she tells Thornhill that all she remembers about her own Rave’N is “disappointment”. The negative feelings she has about her time as a student at Nevermore go as far as to RIP OUT a page of her old yearbook and dramatically throw it into the fire. So like Wednesday she probably didn’t take part in many school acitivities that she was excited about, she wasn’t very popular and maybe even an outsider. I think this is a parallel between Wednesday and Weems - though, of course, Wednesday WANTS it that way while Weems was and still is bitter about it...

#4 Wednesday and Weems being in Morticia’s shadow

There is this huge parallel between Wednesday and Weems about being in Morticia’s shadow and trying to find their own path without Morticia’s ‘legacy’ overshadowing their every move. Wednesday says multiple times that she has no interest in following in Morticia’s footsteps because she couldn’t live up to the expectations based on her mother's legacy anyway. Just like Weems could never compete with Morticia. I especially noticed one scene where Wednesday expresses very strongly that she doesn’t want to be compared to her mother all the time and that she has the need to be her own person. In this scene Weems compares Wednesday to Morticia and when Wednesday tells her that she and her mother are two different people, Weems seems to think about Wednesday’s words for a moment. I don’t know whether I interpret too much into this but I think that Weems’s face shows that she realizes that she is very familiar with the need to be “independent” from Morticia Addams. She knows very well how it is to be in Morticia’s shadow and I think it is in that moment that she realizes that Wednesday feels the same way about Morticia as she does. It was not easy for Weems and it is not easy for Wednesday to be “linked” to Morticia’s legacy at Nevermore because she was perfect - she was popular, well-liked, happy, successful, dedicated and beautiful. So in a way, Wednesday’s experience at Nevermore is similar to Weems’s experience: always being in Morticia’s shadow. And I think that’s what Weems realizes:

Also, Wednesday tells her mother: “I’m not you, mother. I will never fall in love or be a housewife or have a family.” So... she’ll be like Weems then? She’ll choose a whole different path than her mother just like Weems chose a whole different path than Morticia did.

To sum it all up: there is a lot to unpack. Which makes the show so great. And I think about the Wednesday-Weems and Morticia-Enid parallels constantly.

#sorry for any mistakes and/or weird phrasing #english isn't my first language #i'm always sad because i could express myself so much better in german #anyway maybe i interpret too much into weems in general #but you can't create such a great character and cast such an amazing actress and expect me to not analyze every single detail about her #live with it or medicate me #wednesday #wednesday addams #jenna ortega #enid sinclair #emma myers #larissa weems #gwendoline christie #morticia addams #catherine zeta jones #morissa #wenclair #analysis

[miahasahardname]

i’ve had this long list of td surname headcanons (and i guess some of them are nationality headcanons) for a while and haven’t done much about them, so…

here are each generation’s surnames! (except for rr since i’m not too confident about them)

gen 1:

harold norbert cheever doris mcgrady V

cody emmett jameson anderson

lindsay tyson

noah könig (german)

eva barta (czech)

izzy clark

owen fraser

trent evans-grant

gwen kennedy

heather ryeo

bridgette summers

leshawna simelane (south african iirc)

beth spring

devon ‘dj��� joseph

alejandro burromuerto (spanish)

sierra kauffman (german)

tyler wilson

ezekiel miller

courtney cortez (spanish, or from somewhere where they speak spanish primarily)

duncan butcher

katie wan (malaysian)

sadie peterson (originally was gonna give her a romanian surname but here is peterson)

justin kāne (hawaiian)

geoff jasper

gen 2:

josef ‘jo’ kaczmarek (Polish)

brick macarthur

anne-maria chahuán (chilean)

michele ‘mike’ russo

cameron corduroy wilkins

rudolph ‘lightning’ jackson

staci sterling

zoey gates

dawn oakwood

scott brackin (irish)

dakota milton

sam stevens

beverly ‘b’ jones

gen 3:

ella ito-courtemanche (japanese and french)

scarlett montgomery

max mayhem (yes. i’m actually giving him that as his surname. get sillyed)

jasmine reynolds

shawn tremblay

dave korrapati (indian, more commonly in telugu-speaking areas)

sky sanderson (i was a bit uhm. stuck with this one. i looked up ‘cree surnames’ but found only three. i went for this one but i’m still uncertain.)

amy martin

samantha ‘samey’ martin

topher mccann

rodney rogers

sugar silo

beardo mbomio (equatoguinean)

leonard howe

gen 4:

nichelle ladonna (italian)

bowie davis

emma fletcher

julia hartwell-hughes

priya khan (indian)

millie carter

chase boonmee (thai. it means ‘reliable, generous, loyal’. ironic)

raj ghosh (indian)

wayne watterson

mary-kate ‘mk’ yí (chinese. in honour of fai yí, my beloved)

damien reid

hezekias ‘zee’ guzman (argentinian (it means ‘good man’ which is what he is!!!))

rhinffrew ‘ripper’ bowen (welsh (WELSH RIPPER REAL))

caleb garcia (hispanic)

axel sanchez-guðmundsdóttir (hispanic(?) and icelandic. yes, apparently ‘axel’ is an icelandic name!)

#ok i kept two of the comeback surnames. i actually really like them. bite me. #(i hope i used that phrase correctly) #btw geoff’s surname is based off this really nice person from my school i met during our oliver! production! #he doesn’t go to my school anymore because he graduated. i hope he’s doing well #i’m realising now that priya and raj’s surnames are both surnames of my classmates. #like i genuinely didn’t name them after these people. this is a total coincidence #IF there is any mistakes in this please correct me. a lot of these are taken from websites #(i made up the first gen surnames first…. i actually looked up ‘canadian surnames’ LMAO) #oh yeah i named noah after someone i know too (my german exchange partner). also he’s like. a king #I LOVE NAMING THINGS #IT’S SO FUN #naming characters is one of my favourite parts of creating characters #(although i accidentally named two octuplets characters after like. people idk.) #((and one character was nearly named after a WWI war general!)) #ANYWAYS #total drama #td #I AM NOT TAGGING ALL THOSE CHARACTERS

[chernozemm]

I feel like I'm cheating the system by having three amazing writers in my DMs feeding me behind-the-scenes bits like ... wie cool ist das denn bitte

#german hits different on that phrase #im being spoiled by vol bilvy and line

[taichissu]

here's a friendly reminder that if english is your second language it's not "to be expected" or "the bare minimum"; it's actually so impressive and so much work to learn another language, let yourself be proud of it

#i don't see this attitude with any other language; only english #why is someone who speaks german or french seen as more of an intellectual than me even though we both went through the same journey? #learning another language is difficult and shouldn't be something we just expect of people just bc it's such a widespread language #notice how one of the first phrases you learn in a foreign language is 'do you speak english' even when english isn't your first language #it really makes you think

[crykea]

I don't rlly trust those ppl who wholeheartedly believe that cats r better than dogs or you can trust cat people more because "cats have boundaries and you know who will respect boundaries if they like cats" because that just proves to me you Don't respect dogs boundaries lol

#i knooooowwwww thats not why they say it and im hearing it in a cant read exagerations way #but if you think dogs dont have boundaries that you need to respect you Will get bitten #have you ever seen a chihuahua??? they are not even people just dont respect their boundaries #same with 'problematic' dogs like bully breeds german shepards etc etc #hell my younger brother got bitten by Our golden retriever growing up for not respecting his boundaries #all animals have tells and no matter whether youre a dog or cat person you must learn to read and respect those tells #if you want to continue to be around those animals #theyre all different ! two cats can have different boundaries the same as two dogs can have diff boundaries #ugh #idk i HATE hearing that phrase as someone who has grown up not just with dogs #but Reactive dogs #like you say that and i know i dont want you around sophie kind of thing

[fish-at-fish-fish-resort]

side order thoughts inkoming

ok remember this from the first teasr? yeah well we have this line in the new trailer. maybe im going insane and theyll change it in the final game (and i mean we can be p sure that the first teaser was entirely just concept art) but maybe. MAYBE theres another inkling agent there too. in the old image i still think it looks like neo3 but personally im hoping for 4.

the logos of the currency and on that board thingy looked really familiar to me. the best i could find was the shoal logo

it looks very similar but like if it was reversed(bg and foreground swapped) & upside down but yk thers the swoosh and the arrows. idk what this means but i just noticed. if anyone knows wht other place we know this logo from plz tell me

also on the boss at the end (the are just looks like a boss fight to me) theres a screen on one of th twirly parts it shows a torpedo. fun fact in splatoon 2 only toni kensa weapons had the torpedo. anyway i think its showing what weapon to use for getting rid of that layer? maybe like an octonozzle but on steroids

other thoughts were: meatgrinders. random ass objcts in the boxes in the bg. the slick stuff that the lego fish have as their trail look very much like oil. also the fish being plastic and coming fromthe whole oily shit makes sense i mean plastic is made from that stuff. also the parts in the inside areas(??) with the weird glitchy holes on the wall really look like portal to me.

#also im having troubles phrasing the oil thouhts i speak german and apparently a lot of the words i wanna use just dont exist in english #side order #splatoon 3 #nintendo direct #side order theory #splatoon side order #splaoon theory #splatoon 3 side order #side order splatoon

[michaelblume]

germans: i have made A Word

me: you fucked up a perfectly good phrase is what you did. look at it. it's got no word boundaries

#German #compound words #i don't even think it's bad #just English speakers get so excited about how German has words for everything #they're just phrases #we can make phrases too

[jxmey]

actual conversation between me and my bf

convo between me and my bf after i showed him this shitpost

#obviously tailored a bit more to chaeya with the german and russian #speaking of that im so sorry if i completely scuffed the russian writing & words LMAO #i saw people like.. use котчик for kaeya in fics?? #so i hope this is right?? if not pls feel free to let me know #also yes i did get permission from my bf to draw them to one of our little convos #it was the first thing i asked before i even started drawing!! so dw #chaeya #childe #ajax #tartaglia #kaeya #kaeya alberich #たるがい #also liebling is dear/darling in this context... and моя любовь is my love #at least i hope those phrases translate to those words lmao

[darlenicy]

So that’s the simulation room. My, what a powerful computer. Not as powerful as me though.

#love the differences in the dubs again xD #rai: not as powerful as me though hahaha yoloooo #while in the german dub she is totally mischievous #not bad. the computer has got a lot of power...but unfortunately i'm stronger than it #- bitch #no but seriously she bitch could have been in the script the way she says the phrase #winx #winx club #winx gif #winx season 1 #winx darcy #winx trix #trix darcy #darcy #my bb girl #1x10 #i always loved the effect with her glasses

[anhttydbookfan]

we all know and love “oh for Thor’s sake” and all the other Norse God-based Oaths, but consider: Hiccup swears like a sailor when he’s stressed or upset, using words that would make even the hardest of Vikings turn pink, but exclusively in Dragonese.

#httyd books #brought to you by the fact that on the few occasions when I do swear I almost exclusively do so in German #I do not speak German #I know like three phrases and five words that could be said in polite company #and also the word Scheiße which is the only German swear I know