153 Interesting Words in German That Don't Translate - Does Not Translate

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

German By Dios5

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verschlimmbessern·To make something worse in an attempt to improve it.

German By DrDaxxy

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Kuckuckskind·(noun) Literally cuckoo's child: A child who is not raised by their biological father, but is raised by another man who (wrongly) assumes he is the biological father.

German By wolfiemann

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Disputed Mutterstecher·A job title.

German By kink0

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Disputed Auf Kippe·The state of a die that doesn't end up flat on a surface and is usually rerolled.

German By Dios5

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Mit der Tür ins Haus fallen·Falling with the door into the house.

German By Epii2

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Drachenfutter·German for dragon fodder, a gift or some other form of peace offering used by a husband or boyfriend in order to appease an angry woman or girlfriend.

German By humortogo

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Erklärungsnot (lit. explanation distress)·The pressure of having to explain something (and not being able to do so).

German By ScanianMoose

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Sondern?·A question meaning If that's not correct, then what is?.

German By Dios5

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Scheinheilig·Seem to be holy; to be hypocritical/sanctimonious.

German By canyoutriforce

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Verschlimmbesserung·An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were.

German By asinine_qualities

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Totschweigen·Making something go away by never ever talking about it.

German By Dios5

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Dreikäsehoch·A toddler, literally as high as three loaves of cheese.

German By mizzi1

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Proll·Someone who shows off wealth in a very obnoxious and brand ridden way and doesn't even has to be wealthy.

German By Ravenmausi

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Trotzdem·Regardless, anyway, nevertheless, even so, still.

German By Dios5

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Zersetzungserscheinungen·Showing signs of dissolution, literally or figuratively.

German By Dios5

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Innerer Schweinehund·Your inner pig dog. The part of you that makes you lazy. You have to overcome (überkommen) it to be productive.

German By canyoutriforce

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Kummerspeck·'Grief Bacon', the weight you gain from overeating while upset.

German By paradeoxy1

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

German By Dios5

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Sitzriese·Someone who appears tall when sitting but normal when standing.

German By Katzenjaeger

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Bildungslücke·A gap in your education or your knowledge of pop culture.

German By Dios5

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Plombenzieher·Candy so sticky it pulls out your fillings.

German By enevsky

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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.

German By Epii2

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Nachäffen·Repeating/Imitating what someone says in a mocking fashion.

German By Dios5

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Passive Armament·Protective equipment that prevents the police from giving you a nice proper beating.

German By Dios5

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auf Lücke lernen·To selectively study only certain topics for an exam in the hope of getting lucky with what's being asked.

German By ignorediacritics

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Realsatire·Real event that exhibits satirical properties.

German By barsoap

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

German By Dios5

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

German By Dios5

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

German By barsoap

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