154 German Words That Don't Translate - Does Not Translate

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Sehnsucht·The inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what.

Lebenslüge·Life lie A lie you tell yourself to make your life bearable.

Vorführeffekt·When you want to show somebody something you can do but it goes wrong because they're watching you.

Heimscheisser·Someone who can only do number 2 at home.

Bulemielernen·Bulimic studying.

Befindlichkeiten·Attitudes and ways of thinking that lead to unrest, discord, disharmony.

Plombenzieher·Candy so sticky it pulls out your fillings.

Grobmotoriker·Somebody, who is really bad at doing stuff, that requires patience and concentration or sb. who does things very quickly and thus doing many errors and mistakes.

bierernst·Literally: beer serious; figuratively: deadly serious

Bettenburg·Literally bed fortress/castle, a derogatory term for a big hotel designed for mass tourism.

Mahlzeit!·A greeting or farewell from or adressed to a person heading off to lunch, or in the process of eating lunch.

Klickstrecke·Roughly, click trail. Those click-through galleries that e.g. news websites do to annoy people, increase page impressions and thus ad revenue.

Nestbeschmutzer·Nest soiler - Someone whose actions result in their own group/institution looking bad / incurring a disadvantage.

Jein·Both yes and no.

Qualzucht·Lit. agony breeding. The practice of breeding animals in a way that fosters or tolerates characteristics that cause the animals pain, agony, behavioural disorders etc.

Urlaubsreif·In (desperate) need of a holiday.

Wanderlust·The strong desire to just go for a walk, wander or travel and explore the world.

Ewiggestriger·Someone who is forever stuck in yesterday and desperately clings to an outdated world view.

Bergfest·(lit. mountain party) the day/moment you are halfway through work.

Backpfeifengesicht·A face in need of a slap or/and a punch.

Sturmfrei·When all the people you live with are gone for a while and you have the whole place to yourself.

Gutmensch·Someone who tries to be as politically correct as possible, often to extremes.

Schleifen·To drag something without wheels or somesuch.

Übersichtlich·Describes something that presents information in an easily understandable and comprehensive way.

Gefallsucht·Obsessive desire to be liked.

Scheissfreundlich·When someone is very friendly towards you and you think they're being friendly to butter you up they're being scheissfreundlich.

Vormittag·- forenoon, late morning.

Bildungsopfer·Lit. education victim.

Gönnen·The opposite of being jealous.

Sportmuffel·Lit. sports grump: someone who does not like / rejects exercise and doing sports.