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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.
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.”
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.
Don’t be fooled by dictionaries that try to tell you that Gemütlichkeit is merely a translation of the English word “coziness.” There’s much more to it than sitting on the sofa in your comfy clothes.
It might be true that skinny shaming is just as bad as fat shaming. But still: men who don’t have an ounce of fat on their ribs always look a bit dorky to me.
The term probably goes back to the fact that in the past, robbers often used this method to try and reach low openings in buildings, such as windows.
They are not viewed as negative as you might think. Take, for example, celebrities like Will Smith, Christiano Ronaldo, Kate Hudson and Daniel Craig. They all don’t hide their Segelohren.
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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