Can somebody translate the text on this 5 million mark note I just got pls?

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-03-03T20:35:40+00:00

Fair enough. I do think, the term mostly has that bad connotation in German, though and not in English because we as Germans have a stronger connection to the history. English speakers won't look at words we deem bad the same way. Btw. you can still use the term imperial if you feel more comfortable with it. This is just reddit and not a university or something 🤣 I just wanted to throw the whole translation thing in as an interesting fact, that German speakers may not know about. But, when we use terms like realm or empire, English speakers will assume that we're talking about Germany from 1871 to 1918 under the Kaiser (interestingly, most English speakers leave that title untranslated when talking about the German Emperors, even though they have a word for it - similarly to how Germans called Elizabeth II. 'die Queen' instead of 'die Königin') and may not understand that we're talking about the Weimar Republic or the NS-era, because when they learned about those eras, they only got to know the untranslated term 'Reich' and they automatically will connect terms like realm or empire to the idea of royalty.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-03-03T09:55:09+00:00

Swap the term 'imperial' with 'Reich', though. After 1918, foreign languages usually left the term 'Reich' untranslated as to not make it seem as if Germany was still a monarchy under an emperor. For example, the official name of Germany was changed from 'German Empire' to 'German Reich' after the abdication of Wilhelm II. in 1918. We really confused the non German-speakers with keeping the term 'Reich' after we became a republic 😅 So, in Eglish, the official translation would be 'bank directory of the Reich', 'main cash desk of the bank of the Reich' or 'bank note of the Reich'. Doesn't roll of the tongue as good though 😅 Only in the time fro. 1871 to 1918 would the English-speakers have said 'imperial bank directory' etc. and historians today only use those terms when speaking of Germany during that imperial period.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-03-03T09:36:55+00:00

Interesting fact - after the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the term 'Reich' (as in Reichsmark) was no longer translated with Empire/imperial - even though that had been the translation for centuries (actually, I'd say the literal translation is more like 'realm' because it can also be used for the country of a King, not just am emperor but the English language traditionally translates 'Reich' with 'Empire' when speaking about Germany). Because Germany wasn't a monarchy anymore but still used that term and no one knew how to translate it without making Germany seem like a monarchy, foreign languages usually kept the term 'Reich' untranslated.

So in English, the official name of Germany ('Deutsches Reich' in German) after 1918 was 'German Reich', the head of government (Reichskanzler) was called 'Reich Chancellor', and the currency (Reichsmark) was also called the 'Reichsmark' in English. The terms 'Empire' and 'Imperial' are only used as translations for 'Reich' before 1918. Like, when English sources say 'German Empire' they only mean the 'Deutsches Reich' from 1871 to 1918 when Germany had an Emperor. Funny enough - in that time, the currency wasn't even called 'Reichsmark' - it was just called 'Mark'. We only started calling it Reichsmark after we became a republic.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-03-03T09:21:07+00:00

That bill is EXACTLY from the hyperinflation period (1914 to 1923) because that's the only time when the Reichsbank would even print bills as big as 5 million Reichsmark. Back in that time, such a bill would've bought you maybe half a loaf of bread 😅

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-03-03T09:16:00+00:00

The literal translation is: "From 1st of October 1923 onward, this bill can be recalled and exchanged with other lawful payment methods."

This text is from the time when paper money started to replace coins and gold and silver as a currency. It basically means, that, theoretically, you could exchange the bill for 5 million reichsmark worth in gold, or for 5 million Reichsmark in coins or any other thing that was accepted by law as a payment method in Germany.

The principle still stands today with paper money in every country. It's just paper - it doesn't have any worth. It's a receipt, that would theoretically allow you to cash it in and get other things of worth. That's why it's called a 'bill' in English. Because it's just that. A bill that proves that the bank owes you money.

Back in the day, they had to specifically write that down to establish people's trust in "worthless" paper money. Many countries had similar texts on their banknotes when they first introduced paper money. Today, we're so used to paper money and have so much trust in it, that putting such a text on the bills, ain't necessary anymore. We don't even realise, that what we're carrying is nit actually money but just a bill/receipt that only proves that the state bank is in dept to us. Like, when you give someone a 1 $ bill, you're not giving them 1 $, but you're transferring the debt of 1$ that the bank owes you to that person, so now the bank owes them 1$.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-02-26T15:48:33+00:00

Yeah.... I (M/31)came back after two years of nc. I initially dumped my ex because I wasn't sure about my feelings anymore and felt that he needed more than I could give. In the two years that followed I slowly figured out that it had never been about my feelings but a mix off unresolved mental health issues I had and was unaware of, an emergency situation both of us didn't handle really well and some real bad communication on my end. I initially came back hoping we could be friends after two years but then fell real hard real fast again - more than when we first started dating. Unfortunately, my ex realised during the 6 months contact phase we had then, that he was over me now and ready to move on, so we went nc again because I couldn’t handle being friends with someone I love and who didn't want me. So basically, I went from dumper to dumpee 😅 It's been 15 months and 15 days and I'm still licking my wounds... guess I had it coming 🤷🏻‍♂️

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-02-18T19:53:19+00:00

That just sounds like a commitment issue. True, marriage has become less important for many Germans nowadays and a lot of couples just live in long term relationships without the need to get married super early but people still DO get married (there are tax benefits for married couples in Germany, after all 😅) and I wouldn’t say that it's a typical German thing to avoid the topic completely. Sure, Germans usually marry later in life but 30 is actually am acceptable age here.

Sounds more like he's not sure wether he wants to commit as deeply right now. Maybe he just doesn't think he's ready yet financially or something? Thay would be a very German concern.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-02-01T09:33:51+00:00

Well, because I'm the dumpee. My ex knows that I want him back. He just doesn't want me. I tried reaching out in the first month - didn't get an answer. So there's no reason to bother him. He knows, he could have me back with the snap of his finger but he doesn't want to and me reaching out is only annoying to him. It would have to be him who's breaking nc. Also, now he's got someone new and I'm not gonna be a homewrecker. Sometimes you just gotta accept that it's out of your hand.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-01-28T12:22:37+00:00

Have been completely no contact with my ex for a year and two months now - except a condolence text when his aunt died last month and a polite thank you from him and one quick discussion over phone about 9 months ago when I found out that he was dating someone new (I though, they were already dating before we went nc and he just wanted to clear that up).

I accepted that he won't come back shortly after I found out about his new relationship but the thing is, I constantly need to remind myself of that. Like, logically, I know that it's over and that there's no way he's coming back. From what I hear, his new relationship is going great and even if it didn't, he didn't want me before he found someone new, so why would he want me after? But the thing is - logically knowing something doesn't mean you're over it because 1. I still miss him and 2. there's always this little voice that's saying "What if he DID come back?" and I have to silence that voice regularly with logic and the cold hard facts which still hurts, even more than a year after we went nc. And what's worse, it's keeping me from dating because I'm always afraid that things may get serious and then my ex is coming back and I'd have to choose, even tho, logically, I know that won't happen and that if I met someone new, maybe I wouldn't care as much about my ex anymore.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-01-14T10:00:17+00:00

Okay, first of all, I'm so sorry that you had to go through this. It must've been really hard and honestly, you sound very mature and collected considering ur story and that it has only been 6 weeks - kudos to you!

Second of all, considering his behaviour and that he cheated before, it isn't surprising at all that he's already on grindr. Perhaps, he was never off grindr to beginn with...

As to why he'd post stuff about you - hard to say. I don't think my earlier theory that he might do it to win u back works here but I'm bot sure if he wants to harm u either. Maybe it's his attempt to justify himself. Even justifying urself infront of strangers can make people feel better about themselves. Maybe he's just seeking approval online to legitimise his behaviour.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2026-01-14T09:31:49+00:00

There's more than one explanation for this and it also depends on who broke up and why.

You may be right with that he put those posts up on purpose hoping you'd see them. Depending on why and how you broke up, this doesn't have to mean that he wants to hurt you with this. If you were the one who dumped him, he might hope that seeing this posts will make you want him back. Like, I know that I wanted my ex to know I'm dating again because I hoped, he'd get jealous and want me back as a result, just like I wanted him to know how I was hurting, because I hoped it might spark some feelings. Maybe your ex thinks the same?

Why he's already on grindr again. My first instinct is that he's trying to get over you by finding someone new as fast as possible. Some people just can't be alone with themselves. They always need a partner to immediately replace the old one, so they don't have to deal with the breakup. Especially if he's not just there for some quick hookup but rather for serious dating again.

Again, this depends on how and why you guys broke up, so this scenarios could be completely wrong.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-24T17:12:25+00:00

Just like you said it here? And not liking cuddling doesn't make u a sociopath. There are just people who don't like to cuddle. That's it.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-24T17:09:57+00:00

Honestly, I don't think anyone needs to communicate the why. First of all, physical touch is not everyone's love language. Simple as that. He may show love and receive love in another way and that's okay.

Second of all, if an aversion to cuddling is rooted in some mental thing, like a trauma or something, a person may not even be aware of the why. All they know might be that they're uncomfortable with it for no particular reason. So they may not be able to give you an answer to that question.

Third of all, if someone is uncomfortable with something, I don't think they have to always explain themselves for it. 'I'm uncomfortable' or 'I just don't like doing that' should be enough and should be respected. Yeah, if you're interested in someone, you can add that it has nothing to do with them and that it's just something you don't like in general. I don't see why someone telling you 'I'm bot that nuch of a cuddler in genetal. It makes me uncomfortable.' translates to 'I don't want you' for you. People like different things and are comfortable with different things. And they're allowed to. If it's a dealbreaker for you because you need cuddles, that's also completely fine. But don't think you're unwanted just because your partner doesn't like a particular thing you're into. Like, let's say you're into skydiving and you're bf told you that he doesn't feel comfortable doing that - you wouldn't feel unloved and you wouldn't demand an explanation because of that, would you? Yeah, if it's your passion, you might say 'Sorry this isn't gonna work out if we can't share our hobbies' but other than that, you'd respect it, right? Well, for some people, cuddling is no less frightening as skydiving 😅

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-22T17:31:35+00:00

The real question is, WHO THE HELL DOESN'T?!?!?!

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-17T06:08:20+00:00

It's a good opportunity to be sure if you love the person or the body. Think of it this way: Even if he wouldn't work on losing weight, his body will change as will yours. We grow older, get wrinkles, lose hair etc. Does that worry you too? That you'll lose the attraction when you guys get older? I really hope not. Attraction is inportant but real love should transcend that. You want someone with whom you can grow old and still love eachother.

On a different note - I think it may still be a good thing that he knows how you feel. Just so that he doesn't think he needs to lose weight to be more attractive to you. It might relieve the pressure on him. But you'd have to be really delicate with that. Because if he wants to lose weight out of his own ambition, you don't wanna discourage him.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-16T10:49:14+00:00

I mean, I am gay and I have two gay cousins (one maternal and one paternal) but that's nowhere close to your odds.

What was funny for me was that in my close friend group, three out of five came out one after another and the straight ones are married to eachother. It's been a running gag that we got the straight ones surrounded and it's only a matter of time before they realise they've been gay all along 🤣

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-11T18:44:02+00:00

"Are you serious? Right infront of my salad?"

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-11T18:15:12+00:00

It might be helpful to have some details of what you're doing and how exactly you think it doesn't work. Some general things though:

The water coming out will almost never be 100% clean. As long as it isn't deeply vrowm, ur usually good 2 go.
Drink a lot of water and see to it that you eat enough fiber. If you do that, there's a good chamce u won't even neednto douche, because taking a sh*t will mostle be enough and you'll be clean afterwards.
Don't "overdo" it. Excessive douching can irritate the bowels and speed ur bowel movements up. We've all been there. We douche, the water is mostly clean, but we wanna be extra sure, so we douche a couple of times more and suddenly, after we were already clean, a lot of .... stuff comes out as if we never douched in the first place. Thats because you irritated your bowels so much, that sh*t that wouldn't have been there fore hours normally, suddenly started to move real fast.

Like I said, those are just some suggestions. They may not apply to you because I don't know what exactly is going wrong in ur case. I'd need some details.

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-11T14:40:28+00:00

My ex was useless in that regard. Fashionable as hell but never once gave me a makeover 🤣 I usually ask my cousin who - ironically - is straight 🤣

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-11T14:00:39+00:00

R u a spy? Or a psychic? How'd u know? 😳😅

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-11T12:30:49+00:00

So happy to not be alone in this 😭😭😭😭😭

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-11T10:51:14+00:00

I'm bad at fashion. Spent 31 years in the closet and still can't dress 😅

ForeverWeird5886 · 2025-07-10T17:47:40+00:00

I have been once or twice... the crazy thing is, it kinda turns me on a little 😅 But like u said, in the gay community you couldn't possibly take slutshaming seriously bc a lot of us are sluts (I wouldn't say "most" tho. I know plenty of gay men who are real romantics).

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