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.

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

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

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

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Bulemielernen·Bulimic studying.

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

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Plombenzieher·Candy so sticky it pulls out your fillings.

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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.

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bierernst·Literally: beer serious; figuratively: deadly serious

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

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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.

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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.

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

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Jein·Both yes and no.

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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.

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Urlaubsreif·In (desperate) need of a holiday.

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

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Ewiggestriger·Someone who is forever stuck in yesterday and desperately clings to an outdated world view.

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

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

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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.

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

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Schleifen·To drag something without wheels or somesuch.

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

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Gefallsucht·Obsessive desire to be liked.

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

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Vormittag·- forenoon, late morning.

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Bildungsopfer·Lit. education victim.

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Gönnen·The opposite of being jealous.

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

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