Fremdenverkehr
June 19, 2022
If there was just one German word that should be stripped from all dictionaries rather sooner than later: “Fremdenverkehr” should be the one.
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If there was just one German word that should be stripped from all dictionaries rather sooner than later: “Fremdenverkehr” should be the one.
Klugscheißen is a true national sport in Germany. To be honest, it is hard to have a conversation with a German without them correcting you every 10 seconds.
The expression is born of a joking idea that generosity is not a matter of character, but of the pants you are wearing and the tailor who created them.
To many people, Germany is synonymous with diligence and productivity. Yet we don’t work any more than other Europeans—at least when calculated by time.
According to the most recent studies, you can basically think of Germany as an all-year Oktoberfest with 83 million daily visitors.
It’s best to think of the word Betthupferl as “a little treat that makes you jump into bed more happily because you are full and satisfied.”
There are people out there who drive 120 kilometers from Berlin across the Polish border because Pjotr gives them a trendy bob haircut super cheap. A classic example for a “Milchmädchenrechnung”
We all agree that German grammar was made by the devil himself—and he was not in a good mood. When it comes to spelling, however, the language is far less diabolic. Except for some cases….
Some might see them as a beauty flaw. Others, however, believe they look pretty cute on the faces of celebrities like Emma Watson, Dakota Fanning or Emily Ratajkowski.
In Germany, women are the ones who are in the lead when it comes to cheating. At least, that’s what a representative study from 2020 suggests.
More than 10 million Germans are members of a fitness club. Many of them demonstrate an iron German discipline, never leaving the gym until they have completed their third set of selfies.
This blog is a love letter to the curiosities of the German language that give it its poetic and, at times, oddly humorous qualities.
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