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PANZERFAUST!!!! 
They used to call me and my brother that when playing cricket...
They used to call me and my brother that when playing cricket...
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"Erwartungserwartungen" is the obvious choice
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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').Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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As for the words listed in the poll, they all sound Greek to me.Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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Can't think of an exact English counterpart off the top of my head so we just stole the word directly from German.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').
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.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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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'.
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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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!"He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!Comment
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Checking my Langenscheidt New College German Dictionary....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'.
kaputt [ka'put] adj. broken, in pieces, smashed; ruined...____________________________
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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.Smile
For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next
But he would think of something
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Oh, so in the original German meaning it is an adjective. Well, the Russian adoption somehow made it into a noun.Originally posted by Wittlich
Checking my Langenscheidt New College German Dictionary....
kaputt [ka'put] adj. broken, in pieces, smashed; ruined...
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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double and triple postedLast edited by The Emperor Fabulous; December 28, 2003, 23:52."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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German's fun to shout at people. Very Prussian, like marching"I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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deleteLast edited by The Emperor Fabulous; December 28, 2003, 23:52."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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Always had a soft spot for Weltanschauung....Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
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