German language

kugleschreiber litterally translated would be roughly ball-writer (makes sense to me) in danish its kuglepen which means ball-pen.. makes plenty of sense..

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#28 - mrhaihoang (02/02/2013) [+] (4 replies)

mfw krankenwagen

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#46 to #28 - hotschurl ONLINE (02/02/2013) [-]

"Krank" means "Sick/Ill" in English ;)
"Wagen" = "Car", not "Wagon"

"Krake" is the english "Kraken" (or "Tintenfisch" which literally translates to "Ink Fish")

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#200 to #46 - aratedchris (02/02/2013) [-]

dude you obviously didn't get the joke

I'm sick of all the germans trying to correct everyone here by translating it

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#47 to #46 - hotschurl ONLINE (02/02/2013) [-]

eng. "wagon" is also "Wagon" in German (though prounounced like french, with a silent n, approximately "vug-oh")

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#221 to #47 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

Genau wegen Leuten wie dir denken viele Menschen auf der Welt wir seien nervige Klugscheißer...

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#135 - nastoy ONLINE (02/02/2013) [+] (2 replies)

This fucking lame..
Comparing languages with a teutonic origin with languages that are closer related with latin.
Of course they're not gonna sound like eachother...
You could just take some swedish/danish/norwegian words that sounds familiar that sound different in english...
So pointlesss... Ain't really funny...

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#333 to #135 - lolzordz (02/02/2013) [-]

true but even comparing german to languages other than of latin origin, german is still a pretty fucking angry language i have to say

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#362 to #135 - expectation (02/02/2013) [-]

EXACTLY! Actually one person who realizes why they're so different and doesn't think it's funny.

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#22 - chuffberry (02/02/2013) [+] (5 replies)

i am german. here is my german dog. her name is SCHAATZCHE!!! (which means sweetie pie)
inb4 i did not gas her

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#68 to #22 - sadaurkar (02/02/2013) [-]

Wait, you did gas her? I don't think you know how to inb4

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#87 to #68 - chuffberry (02/02/2013) [-]

sorry, i'm still learning how to english.

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#352 to #87 - friedgreenpomatoes (02/02/2013) [-]

It's actually impossible to fully learn how to english.

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#314 to #87 - rieskimo ONLINE (02/02/2013) [-]

It's OK, we all are.

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#207 to #22 - ferrum (02/02/2013) [-]

Well of course you didn't, dogs can't be jewish.

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#3 - thisisrarity (02/01/2013) [+] (1 reply)

The german version is actually very descriptive and see-through.

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#318 to #3 - garymotherfinoak (02/02/2013) [-]

Thus the invention of these pics

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#66 - sausageparty ONLINE (02/02/2013) [+] (2 replies)

All these words make perfect sense if you know how to speak German.

Kugelschreiber: Kugel means ball, Schreiber means writer.
Gänseblümchen: Gänse means geese, Blümchen means flowers or small flowers
Krankenwagen: Krank means sick, Wagen means wagon or vehicle.
Panzerkampfwagen: Panzer means panzer, Kampf means battle, Wagen means vehicle.

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#329 to #66 - iaminfactawizard (02/02/2013) [-]

BUT WHAT THE FUCK DOES PANZER MEAN?

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#378 to #329 - hairibar (02/02/2013) [-]

It means panzer

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#245 - darknemisis ONLINE (02/02/2013) [+] (1 reply)

KRAKENWAGEN!

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#249 to #245 - happyyellow **User deleted account** (02/02/2013) [-]

This car is krank.

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#148 - anaphase (02/02/2013) [+] (1 reply)

Oop, better call the krankenwagen

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#8 - farmermcguffen (02/01/2013) [+] (1 reply)

krankenwagen sounds like a german 80's porno

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#71 to #8 - srskate (02/02/2013) [-]

it literally means sick wagon

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#140 - kirkbot (02/02/2013) [+] (4 replies)

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#118 - blanc (02/02/2013) [+] (7 replies)

The german speak really practical.
Gänseblümchen = goose flower, because it is white like a goose and i think those grow on fields where gooses like to be.
Krankenwagen = sick van (or something)
OP forgot to write what we say to science: WISSENSCHAFTEN (wissen means knowledge)
blüternblätter* without "n" = bloom leafes
urteilsvermögen* = judgement ability

you see, we like to put words together to create new words. And i know, you also like it, dickheads.

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#122 to #118 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

I like German. Please teach me German Mr.Stranger.

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#191 to #122 - blanc (02/02/2013) [-]

what do you want to know, kind stranger?

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#300 to #191 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

How do I order a beer politely?

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#372 to #300 - jestersjake (02/02/2013) [-]

"Ein Bier bitte" oder "Ich hätte gerne ein Bier"

You can remove the "ein" (one) for "zwei, drei,vier" and the sentence is still correct.

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#384 to #300 - blanc (02/02/2013) [-]

and if you get asked wich size you want "Groß" means big and "klein" small. Dont forget to say please = bitte and thank you = danke

also, we germans mix beer with sprite, tastes good - "Radler".
Our best beer is Radeberger, if you can have it.

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#354 to #300 - chariot (02/02/2013) [-]

Bier her, oder ich fall um!

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#153 to #118 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

That is true untill you get to their grammar which is a 100 times more confusing than English and Spanish for example.

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#202 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [+] (15 replies)

No disrespect for the USA or anything but it really pisses me off when I see the American or American and English flag as a representation of the English language. It's called "English" because it comes from England, So but the fucking English flag there and only the English flag you fucking 'Murica elitest. Once again no offense to Americans or America and no I'm not from England

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#386 to #202 - udungoofedup (02/02/2013) [-]

Also, it's the Union Jack for the UK. People forget its a group of countries. so it could encompass Welsh, Irish, Scots Gaelic and even Cornish. I know that the UK's official language is English, but why not just put the English flag...

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#209 to #202 - bossdelainternet (02/02/2013) [-]

The german language was spoken by several germanic tribes long before "Germany" was officially founded. You don't see there flags do you?
English is the most commonly spoken language in the USA, it makes perfect sense to put the US flag there. It would even be fine to put the Australian or New Zealand flag because they're english speaking countries.

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#236 to #209 - thelamer (02/02/2013) [-]

there flags
there
there

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#210 to #209 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [-]

Well I'm from Australia and I'd rather see the English Flag represent the English language, either that or put in all he flags that represent mainly English speaking countries. And The African language was probably made before the country was officially established so what's your point?

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#216 to #210 - bossdelainternet (02/02/2013) [-]

Never mind
you're right
i'm wrong
fuck america
allah hu akbar

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#217 to #216 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [-]

haha I'm not saying Fuck America I'm Saying fuck OP

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#218 to #217 - bossdelainternet (02/02/2013) [-]

whatever, i'm too tired for this shit. it's midnight

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#222 to #218 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [-]

Wait.... You're not OP... are you?

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#228 to #210 - appleyjack **User deleted account** (02/02/2013) [-]

african language? made before the country was established?

you just went full retard

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#234 to #228 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [-]

Continent, sorry. Don't know what you're talking about with the first sentence.

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#235 to #234 - appleyjack **User deleted account** (02/02/2013) [-]

i only had one sentence

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#241 to #235 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [-]

Question marks finish sentences.

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#244 to #241 - appleyjack **User deleted account** (02/02/2013) [-]

whatever. the first one i meant that you were implying has only one language for the whole mass of land. although if you thought it was one country it would make sense

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#237 to #235 - BubsyB (02/02/2013) [-]

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#214 to #209 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

Yeah but you could say New Zealand, Brittain, Australian, and American all have different dialects of english. I lived in Germany for 3 years and whoops I just realized in not logged in and Im an anon. :/ i dont feel like logging in nor do i feel like not finishing this comment.

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#379 - WolfRider (02/02/2013) [+] (1 reply)

if anyone in germany says kugelschreiber instead of just kuli or stift, theyre just fucking with you

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#376 to #359 - tabbe **User deleted account** (02/02/2013) [-]

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#374 to #359 - Blargosnarf (02/02/2013) [-]

That seriously looks like something out of Invader Zim.

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#368 to #359 - herculespower (02/02/2013) [-]

lawl

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#370 to #368 - namnori (02/02/2013) [-]

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#178 - Snookbone (02/02/2013) [+] (6 replies)

German is a very logical language, which means subtlety is difficult, seeing as the nouns for most things, including illnesses, describe what it is.

Kügelschreiber = ball writer
Gänseblümchen = little goose flower
Krankenwagen = ill persons' vehicle
Naturwissenschaft = nature knowledge
Panzerkampfwagen = armoured fighting vehicle
Blütenblättern = flower leaves
Unterscheidungsvermögen = tough one to literally translate other than "discernment" but kind of "distinctive assets" or a disagreement whereby both parties can be correct

Bonus: Durchfall = throughfall (diarrhoea)

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#180 to #178 - vladhellsing (02/02/2013) [-]

Bat = Fledermaus = Flying Mouse?
Right?

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#181 to #180 - Snookbone (02/02/2013) [-]

Ganz richtig.

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#201 to #181 - Blackdrama (02/02/2013) [-]

wobei ich jetzt gerade merke ,dass "Fledermaus" vielleicht noch tiefgründiger ist. "Fleder-" ist vielleicht noch eine andere Bezeichnung für "Hautflügler" ..als Wort aus Flügel und Leder. ->mind blown<- :D

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#199 to #178 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

Doesn't "krank" mean being sick or ill?
I studied german for two years... And I have forgotten pretty much everything expect "Ich liebe dich und ich heische Anon"

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#401 to #199 - Snookbone (02/02/2013) [-]

Yes it does, but in this context I believe the "Kranken" part takes on it's adjectival noun form, making it refer to ill people, otherwise it means the vehicle itself is ill. Or something. It's been a while.

Also try "ich heisse" or even better "ich heiße".

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#186 to #178 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

And Schwule = OP

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#1 - woddy (02/01/2013) [+] (1 reply)

im german and even though this is totaly bullshit i think it's kinda funny

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#255 - felixjarl (02/02/2013) [-]

Might be useful.

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#64 - onceman (02/02/2013) [+] (6 replies)

German is actually relatively similar to English they're pretty much from the same family.

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#95 to #64 - darthacerbus (02/02/2013) [-]

English isn't all that similar to German. They might have the same origins, but English is a horrible mess of German, Latin, and French all jumbled together in a way that will never ever make sense.

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#81 to #64 - mindlessbastard (02/02/2013) [-]

... well ,both german and english are germanic language after all ,so it not so surprising ...

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#83 to #81 - ladynoire (02/02/2013) [-]

just like french and spanish arr from latin roots ...

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#69 to #64 - N. Korean citizen (02/02/2013) [-]

this person speaks truth!! English actually derived from German.
Hallo= Hello
Hause= House
ECt.
http://www.easiest-foreign-languages.com/easy-german-words.html

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#396 to #69 - onceman (02/02/2013) [-]

They derrive from the same language, they're like siblings.

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#97 to #69 - azinfoo (02/02/2013) [-]

English is a promiscuous language which has been butt fucked by many other languages and has taken words from them. French for example, shares a lot of words with English as well.

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#230 - intxbeast (02/02/2013) [-]

In Germany the formal is Kugelshreiber. The "everyday term" der Kuli

Google Translate has failed you once again.

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#357 - Nameloc (02/02/2013) [+] (2 replies)

Krankenwagen isn't really a bad name.

It means Hospital/ Sick Car. (Hospital is Krankenhaus, and sick is Krank..)

Instead of having completely new words, they just mash old ones together.
Granted that you'll have super fucking long words like:
Kennenzulernen
Weltberühmte

My mind is drawing blanks on any others atm... But you get the picture.

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#363 to #357 - areialview (02/02/2013) [-]

for some reason I find it easier to read the German word than the English word

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#389 to #357 - Nameloc (02/02/2013) [-]

More words:
Studentenausweis
Jugendherberge
Hauptstadt

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