Special German Words
At school I tried to learn German. I've forgotten all my vocabulary apart from a few 'special' words. I think they're called compound nouns, where two or more words are joined together to make a new one. Like these:
I reckon that's enough to cope with most eventualities.
Handschuh = Hand shoe = Glove
Luftkissenboot = Air cushion boat = Hovercraft
Brustwarze = Breast wart = Nipple
Durchfall = Through fall = Diarrhoea
I reckon that's enough to cope with most eventualities.
3 Comments:
At 4:46 AM,
dan said…
Breast warts - excellent - those crazy German romantic fools.
At 2:44 PM,
marvin said…
What eventualites are you imagining here, Rence? I think I'm doing a bit better with 'Wie kommer ich am besten zum Rathouse/zur Post' and 'gehen sie gerade aus' and 'un die Ecke' and 'Ich heise Marvin'. I can't imagine a situation in which you could use your 4 compound nouns.
At 2:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
shoulder lump = head
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