Autumn Foliage Strike Fun
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Herbstlaubtrittvergnügen (Autumn Foliage Strike Fun): The joy of kicking a pile of autumn leaves!
I stumbled upon this random forum post and found a comment about a few nice German words to study.
Not to detract from the fun of reading those: they are not words actually used by germans, but made up (or repurposed) for entertainment.
posted by The Toad at 8:38 AM on April 22, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by The Toad at 8:38 AM on April 22, 2017 [4 favorites]
The Toad, you are right of course, you Spielverderber.
posted by Hairy Lobster at 11:06 AM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Hairy Lobster at 11:06 AM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yes but the reason they are funny is because of how many similarly oddly specific compound words Germans do use.
posted by lastobelus at 2:06 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by lastobelus at 2:06 PM on April 22, 2017 [1 favorite]
My favorite real German word would be "Schattenparker" which means wimp, but literally means "one who parks in the shade".
posted by storybored at 2:19 PM on April 22, 2017
posted by storybored at 2:19 PM on April 22, 2017
Apart from "Einsiedelei", which is a real word but re-purposed here for an egg pun.
posted by Namlit at 1:20 AM on April 23, 2017
posted by Namlit at 1:20 AM on April 23, 2017
Eisenbahnscheinbewegung - The false sensation of movement when, looking out from a stationary train, you see another train depart.
It's Schottenfreude
posted by unliteral at 6:24 PM on April 23, 2017
It's Schottenfreude
posted by unliteral at 6:24 PM on April 23, 2017
That's right, lastobelus. It's also super common to make up such words on the fly - I'll tell my husband that I did a 'Babyeinschläferungsversuch' (put-down-the-baby-attempt) or some such and it doesn't even register as a weird/long/funny word. German just works that way.
Although I have to say we both had to laugh a bit when talking about the 'Staatsbürgerschaftsbeibehaltungsgenehmigungsantrag' we have to get ready soon (application for being allowed to keep our German citizenship when we naturalize in the U.S.). The word makes perfect sense but it's just too much. Or maybe we're just getting used to the concise chop-chop of English.
posted by The Toad at 9:36 PM on April 25, 2017
Although I have to say we both had to laugh a bit when talking about the 'Staatsbürgerschaftsbeibehaltungsgenehmigungsantrag' we have to get ready soon (application for being allowed to keep our German citizenship when we naturalize in the U.S.). The word makes perfect sense but it's just too much. Or maybe we're just getting used to the concise chop-chop of English.
posted by The Toad at 9:36 PM on April 25, 2017
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