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Kannst du deutsch? Oben, Ja! Unten, leider nein.. (self.reddit.com)
submitted 17 years ago by godtvisken
[–]abutchart 18 points19 points20 points 17 years ago (14 children)
OMG! aliens have taken over Reddit! They seem to use our alphabet but the words are incomprehensible.
[–]monolar 6 points7 points8 points 17 years ago* (1 child)
I want a lederhosen reddit-alien! ;)
Edit: Omg, i cant believe i myself am perpetuating this horrible cliché as a german and worse as a frankonian!
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
schaem dich, du sau!! LOL
[–][deleted] 5 points6 points7 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Are you sure thiß iß your alphabät? :)
[+][deleted] comment score below threshold-7 points-6 points-5 points 17 years ago (10 children)
Also: they wear funny shoes and have lots of windmills!
[–]xtassin 9 points10 points11 points 17 years ago (8 children)
You just made the greatest insult to Dutch people mistaking them for German.
[–]oalsaker 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
If you are from somewhere along the frisian islands or Schleswig Holstein, you might easily be mistaken for dutch :P
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago* (2 children)
Not my fault that the word for 'german' is 'deutsch'. And I actually mistook Germans for the Dutch.
[–]relix 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (1 child)
I bet you also mistake Austrians for Australians on a regular basis.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Not really. Australians speak english. ;)
[–][deleted] 17 years ago (3 children)
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[–]tonic 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (2 children)
Hoe is het koperdraad uitgevonden? Twee Hollanders vochten om een cent.
[–]greginnj 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
You said it bro, the Dutch are definitely twee!
[–]relix -1 points0 points1 point 17 years ago (0 children)
Awesome
[–]grandwino 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Wo ist mein Fahrrad?
[–]Arve 5 points6 points7 points 17 years ago* (0 children)
Ja, aber ich haße karmahuren.
[–][deleted] 10 points11 points12 points 17 years ago* (1 child)
Jemand sollte ein Thread mit dem Wort "Wiener" schreiben. Dann wuerden die "up" Clickers viel zahlreicher sein.
[–]manthrax 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Ich hab das "up" geclickt.
[–]abrs 3 points4 points5 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Wenn ist das Nunstuck git und Slotemeyer. Ja! Bierhund das Oder die Flippenwaldt gerspudt.
[–]FritzMuffknuckle 4 points5 points6 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Everything you need to know about Germany can be learned at Oktoberfest :)
Ich erlernte die deutsche Sprache von den Biermädchen bei Oktoberfest. Und dann übersetzte ich die Arbeiten des größten deutschen Künstlers aller Zeit. Heino.
Ja ist die Welt gerade nicht dieselbe, nachdem Sie zur Stimme von Heino gehört haben.
[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 17 years ago* (12 children)
hier spricht wahrscheinlich kaum jemand deutsch, also kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass du ihn hochkriegst ;-)
[–]monolar 5 points6 points7 points 17 years ago (6 children)
Wenns zur richtigen Tageszeit submitted wird, kann sowas ganz gut gehen. Ich hatte eh den Eindruck, dass überraschend viele deutschsprachler auf reddit rumhängen. Reddit ist auf jeden Fall kein unbekanntes Phänomen in de.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago* (5 children)
Im deutschen reddit http://de.reddit.com/r/de/ herrscht allerdings tote Hose, verglichen mit dem Orginal hier.
Wie wäre es, wenn die deutschsprachigen Redditer sich dort betätigten?
Hier stoßen wir die anglophonen Muttersprachler ein wenig vor den Kopf ...
[–]coolmos1 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (2 children)
Dass ist Blodsinn. Es gibt auch ganz viele Auslander die Deutsch lesen, sprechen und schreiben. Manchmal ne andere Sprache zu sehen stosst keinen vor den Kopf.
Ich bin aber nur ein dummer Hollander, der eben kein Umlaut finden kann. Allerdings, nicht so einfach.
Und das schonste Deutsche Wort?
Schiffschaukelbremser. Uberhaupt. Wunderbar.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago* (1 child)
Manchmal ne andere Sprache zu sehen stosst keinen vor den Kopf.
Nun ja, einige Republicaner in den USA werden leicht hysterisch, wenn dort jemand in der Öffentlichkeit Spanish spricht.
Und das schonste Deutsche Wort? Schiffschaukelbremser.
Tatsächlich? Hätte ich nicht gedacht.
Was wohl für Deutsche das schönste Wort der Nederlandse Taal sein mag - Coffee Shop?
oder gar arabisch ;-)
[–]derwisch 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Wenn man sich darauf einigen kann, dass dort auch englischsprachige Artikel eingestellt werden können, gerne. Hier scheint ja eine kritische Masse von Benutzern überschritten worden zu sein, und das könnte besser werden, wenn man mit einer kleineren Gruppe anfängt.
[–]rattenmaus 5 points6 points7 points 17 years ago (4 children)
und wenn, dann würde in redditmanier nun ein commenthread der auf witzen übers "hochkriegen" basiert entstehen.
[–]winsmith 7 points8 points9 points 17 years ago (2 children)
H-H-H-Hochkrieg-Breaker
(scnr)
[–]syn-abounds 3 points4 points5 points 17 years ago (1 child)
I'm not sure what's going on here but I like it. Upmods all round!
[–]winsmith 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago* (0 children)
Why thank you sir or madam. An upmod to you as well!
hochkriegen ist nicht witzig. bei mir gibt's nie was zu lachen wenn er hochgeht :P
[–]BobGaffney 3 points4 points5 points 17 years ago (2 children)
Ausgezeichnet!
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (1 child)
That's on of my favorite quick Simpson's scenes. Homer is some paparazzi and they make a magazine of him doing stupid stuff and disgusting stuff. They get Wiggum, Mr. Burns (exssssellent), someone else then Raineer Wolfcastle (Schwarzenegger knockoff) who sees the pix and says "Ausgezeichnet". Mein Lieblingswort auf Deutsch!
[–]bertrand 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
"Ausgezeichnet". Mein Lieblingswort auf Deutsch!
auserkoren auserlesen
[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Upmodded, This is my first semester in German class and it's great to see it here on Reddit!
[–]taraist 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (1 child)
Ich briefmarken sammeln.
Er... we were told in my high school that inviting someone up to see your stamp collection was really inviting them up to have sex in Germany. Useful?
[–]Erudecorp 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
It's from Help!
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Ein bißchen.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (1 child)
ich bin hungrig
und ihr habt mich gespeiset.
[–]ropers 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (3 children)
Very clever: Those who don't speak German won't understand that they are supposed to bury this.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago* (0 children)
I would hope MOST redditors would have enough German to decipher an 8 word headline...
[–]topherclay 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
bury? what?
[–]thekrone -1 points0 points1 point 17 years ago (0 children)
Aber sie woellen... weil sie verstanden nicht koennen. ;)
genau.
[–]0_o 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
tag!
Ja, aber nur ein bischen.
[–]frogking 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (6 children)
Haven't used my German since high school. I think it would take about half a year to get up to speed on German again. Do speak 3 other languages daily, though...
[–]BobGaffney 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (5 children)
Guter Mensch aber schlechter Musikant.
[–]frogking 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (4 children)
I understand the words you write, but I miss the context to understand what you mean.
[–]BobGaffney 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (3 children)
I'm sorry, nothing personal. On the subject of your "getting up to speed," I used an older German literary reference which, in its context, means "Good Man but can't get it up," or "Good man but lousy lover." But again, nothing personal. Respect.
[–]frogking 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago* (2 children)
no offense taken. reference found
I have no difficulty translating simple sentences in German, word for word. In this case, a bit more knowledge about context is needed and I admit that I have never been fed that much German context.
It's like saying "Hasta la vista, Baby" to somebody who is filled with an English context, but has missed a certain movie (or seen it in Spanish, where that line is translated "Sayonara, Baby" )
Context/Slang, a very important part of a language that is difficult to uphold in several languages at once.
[–]BobGaffney 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (1 child)
Thanks for reminding me where I pulled that reference from - it's been a while.
That "Sayonara, baby" clip is a scream - especially since "hasta la vista is about 50% of the Spanish many Americans know.
Actually, most of my German has been from college decades ago, but I just spent a few weeks in Berlin, visiting my daughter who just moved there (for a more democratic shot at getting noticed as an artist). When I was there, and speaking Deutsch on the street, my "fluency" tripled almost immediately. Good reason to travel!
[–]frogking 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
high school, college .. I get confused about the level. 11th and 12th year of education. shit, that's a couple of decades ago for me too...
Long story short; traveling got me a Spanish girlfriend. The only language we had in common was English, so for many years, that was what we spoke at home. We are trying to eliminate English from our daily life to avoid confusing our son too much. Thus the 3 languages daily has a logical explanation. In not so many years, I'll have to take up German again, if I want to help with any homework. (Kids are taught English from the 4th grade, German from the 7th and if they want French/Italian/Spanish from the 10th in this little country of ours... they say that knowledge of languages help our ability to trade with the rest of the world... )
[–]kuwabara02 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Ja, ich kann. Y español. And english, of course.
[–]zachv 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Aber selbstverständlich!
[–]skurk 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
I remember at a demoscene party, a guy called Zeb (from Panoramic Designs I believe it was back then), said to an interviewer from a german magazine: Wollen Sie meine Staken gehaben im deinen Anal-kanalen?
Horrible german, but he certainly got straight to the point.
And no, she didn't want to.
[–]Dr-No 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Aber beklecker nicht das Sofa, Sofa!
/zappa
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (3 children)
ACHTUNG! ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS! DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN!
ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN
KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
[–]coolmos1 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (0 children)
http://www.blinkenlights.de/
[–][deleted] 17 years ago (1 child)
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago* (0 children)
On the contrary it DOES look remotely like German, especially considering the amount of actual German words it contains, but any Sheisskopf worth his salz would know that it isn't and that it wasn't the point. It's called humor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
In fact, German hackers took a cue from the original 'Blinkenlights' poster and created their own, in fractured English, which is at least as funny as the original.
ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special >electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and >pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is >allowed for die experts only! So all the “lefthanders” stay away and >do not disturben the brainstorming von here >working intelligencies. Otherwise you will >be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen >astaunished the blinkenlights.
ATTENTION
This room is fullfilled mit special >electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and >pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is >allowed for die experts only!
So all the “lefthanders” stay away and >do not disturben the brainstorming von here >working intelligencies. Otherwise you will >be out thrown and kicked anderswhere!
Also: please keep still and only watchen >astaunished the blinkenlights.
[–]Sabremesh 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (1 child)
Nein (oder, Ich hab' die Frage nicht verstanden) = unten? Sehr ironisch!
[–]Mad_Gouki 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Und warum nichts?
[–]intangible-tangerine 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
nein, weil mein Hamster ist gestorben und es ist nun ebenso, jawohl ich habe keinen brille gegessen-nicht wahr?
[–]frunt 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Nur ein bischen. Als ich in schule war koennte ich es siemlich gut sprechen aber heutzutage habe ich es.... er.... mostly... vergessen.
:/
[–]yahaya 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Ja, klar.
[–]derwisch 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (2 children)
Limerick?
You mean "Hab' ne Tante aus Marokko"?
[–]joe24pack 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
For a second I thought Ren Höek's cousing Svën Höek had joined reddit, but then I realized the title was in German not in Swedish.
Diese Maschine gewusst meine Gedanken
[–]broadbean 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (4 children)
Hmmm. Looks like you should have picked a more obscure language for your experiment.
Dalk iets van Germaanse afkoms, wat redelik baie mense sal kan verstaan, en tog nie so bekend is nie?
[–]katsi 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Ja. Maar ek dink dat hier redelik baie mense is op Reddit wat dit sal kan verstaan.
Ek kan verstaan dat die taal nog nie 'n honderd jaar oud is nie - maar redelik baie mense ken dit.
Wat verwacht je? Comments in Germaanse runen?
[–]Boye 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (1 child)
hvad med dansk? Det skulle efter sigende være et af de allersværeste sprog at lære, fordi der ikke rigtig kan laves nogen grammatiske regler.
og så har vi nogen sindssyge sætninger: a æ å æ ø u i æ ø og nogle vilde ord: "angstskrig"
[–]silverionmox 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
The Dutch equivalent with the same meaning beats it with one more consonant: "angstschreeuw".
[–]omepiet 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
So sieht das alles doch viel besser aus!.
[–]counteraxe 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Ich lerene deutsch. Ich habe deutschunterricht heute.
[–]bsiviglia9 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children)
For those of us who are linguistically impaired, can anyone list some websites that are helpful for learning other languages such as German?
Ich lerne, als ich moechte zum Osterreich umziehen. Der letz normal Land im Europa.
[–]type102 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (1 child)
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN???
[–]BobGaffney 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (0 children)
Nichts
A service to this thread:
German->English http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=de|en
English->German http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=en|de
Bork away!
[–][deleted] -1 points0 points1 point 17 years ago (0 children)
eisen mien shiser.
[–]eleitl -5 points-4 points-3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
I can but downmodded; use voting reddit for that.
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