29-12-2003 03:34									#31
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PANZERFAUST!!!!

They used to call me and my brother that when playing cricket...

	29-12-2003 03:37									#32
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"Erwartungserwartungen" is the obvious choice

	29-12-2003 04:41									#33
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I like Götterdämmerung.

	29-12-2003 04:44									#34
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The best German word ever is 'kaput'. It is amazingly concise and comprehensive.

To the best of my knowledge (correct me if I am wrong), it doesn't have an exact counterpart in English. Rather, it should be translated using different words according to the situation. In Russian, there exists only an impolite (slang) translation, which is rather precise nevertheless ('pizdets').

	29-12-2003 04:47									#35
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As for the words listed in the poll, they all sound Greek to me.

	29-12-2003 04:55									#36
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quote: Originally posted by The Vagabond The best German word ever is 'kaput'. It is amazingly concise and comprehensive. To the best of my knowledge (correct me if I am wrong), it doesn't have an exact counterpart in English. Rather, it should be translated using different words according to the situation. In Russian, there exists only an impolite (slang) translation, which is rather precise nevertheless ('pizdets').

Can't think of an exact English counterpart off the top of my head so we just stole the word directly from German.

Whenever I've heard it used, it's meant to say something is done/broken. Though there may be shades of Yiddish in there considering I've often heard it used in films about New York Jews.

	29-12-2003 05:33									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild Whenever I've heard it used, it's meant to say something is done/broken.

I just looked through the dictionary, and it looks like 'kaput' is an adjective in English. In Russian it is a noun, and means something like 'utter failure/ruin', 'inglorious end', or 'inevitable end/death'.

	29-12-2003 07:04									#38
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You didn't list my favorite German word, gemeinshaft.

Usage:

Dr. Strangelove: "Mein President, we must not allow a gemeinshaft gap!"

	29-12-2003 07:08									#39
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quote: Originally posted by The Vagabond I just looked through the dictionary, and it looks like 'kaput' is an adjective in English. In Russian it is a noun, and means something like 'utter failure/ruin', 'inglorious end', or 'inevitable end/death'.

Checking my Langenscheidt New College German Dictionary....

kaputt [ka'put] adj. broken, in pieces, smashed; ruined...

	29-12-2003 07:37									#40
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Write-in: Schokoladenkucken (mit Sahne) - I'm not sure how to spell it, or if it is usually two words, but I'm sure I've seen it written as one word.

	29-12-2003 07:53									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Wittlich Checking my Langenscheidt New College German Dictionary.... kaputt [ka'put] adj. broken, in pieces, smashed; ruined...

Oh, so in the original German meaning it is an adjective. Well, the Russian adoption somehow made it into a noun.

	29-12-2003 08:45									#42
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German's fun to shout at people. Very Prussian, like marching

	29-12-2003 08:45									#43
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double and triple posted

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	29-12-2003 12:04									#45
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Always had a soft spot for Weltanschauung....

	29-12-2003 13:07									#46
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion oedo - etikettenschwindel?

nie gehört? frag google.

anyone knows Sauseschritt?

	29-12-2003 15:06									#47
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mein

	29-12-2003 15:23									#48
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quote: Originally posted by atawa schwalbe

	29-12-2003 15:40									#49
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HARR HARR HARR.

	29-12-2003 16:42									#50
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mineshaft - gemeinschaft? so that's the whole humour of that scene

	29-12-2003 16:43									#51
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"Etikettenschwindel mit Gen-Kennzeichnung"

Heute schon "Gen-Food" gegessen, oedo, also Sachen mit Genen drin? Hüte dich, die Gene sind gefährlich!

	29-12-2003 17:11									#52
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Schuft!

	29-12-2003 17:44									#53
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What? Nobody bowed to the superiority of "Erwartungserwartungen" yet?

To discover the power of this name, you have to play Civ MP and name one of your border Cities "Erwartungserwartungen", and witness how your enemies stop everything they're doing to send thir whole army to rename that city

	29-12-2003 18:11									#54
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I knew an American who was quite amused about "Fingerhut"

	29-12-2003 18:34									#55
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Umweltverschmutzung

	29-12-2003 18:40									#56
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Durchfall.

	29-12-2003 19:16									#57
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I prefer Anchluss. It has a nice "s" ring to it...

	29-12-2003 23:17									#58
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I like ja and Koenigsberg

	29-12-2003 23:34									#59
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I always enjoyed the sound of Blitzkrieg...

France is Frankreich

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	30-12-2003 01:30									#60
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Can't believe no one has said "Fahrvegnugen" yet.