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[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being German with a Ukrainian grandmother, I can promise that simply shouting a recipe in Russian will wither most people to the ground.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That's the case for pretty much every language if the person you're talking to doesn't understand you and you shout it aggressively enough

[–] WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ich hätte gerne einen Hamburger

[–] gigachad@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mein Herr, dies ist eine Apotheke.

[–] Woland@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mein Herr, dies ist ein Wendy's

[–] aspseka@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago
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[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whenever I need to intimidate someone, I say "У меня есть маленькая собачка" in an angry mumble. It sounds scary, but means "I have a little dog"...

[–] klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Спасибо, хорошо. Я Американец, изучаю русский язык. Первый год.

(Мне нужна была помощь от Google.)

[–] _cnt0@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Это здесь место встречи, где не русские говорят по-русски? (Я немец)

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Я так думаю, да.

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[–] elvith@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ein Döner mit alles mit scharf!

[–] Senseless@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Heirate mich.

[–] impulse@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A KÄSLEBERKASSEMMEL BITTE!

[–] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago

Please don't kill me

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Sprich Deutsch du Whorensohn

[–] frankyboi@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no idea what that mean but I feel attacked.

[–] maess@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar

[–] AmoldyBuffalo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Wenn du das sagen willst, sag es richtig!

spoiler___ I really hope I said that right, or else this would be far too ironic for my taste.

Das heißt Hurensohn du reudiger Angelsachse!

[–] kaffeebohne@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

Zum hier essen oder zum Mitnehmen?

[–] samsy@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Harrys Pferdeschnitzel, gestern noch geritten, heute schon mit fritten. Was möchten sie bestellen?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hallo, ich hatte gestern bei euch ein schnitzel bestellt. Leider muss ich sagen dass es war ein bisschen unter gekocht, weil es hat mein stroh hut gegessen, und mein tochter hat ihm der ganze nacht geritten.

[–] samsy@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Sie waren wohl gestern da. Tja.

[–] passepartout@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] _cnt0@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunternehmenbeamtengesellschaft

[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Nah. I find German kind of playful actually. Phrases that sound Latinate and serious in English, in German sound more playful to me as a native Anglophone. As they often use similar roots to "less serious" Germanic words in English.

[–] adamantris@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean, Handkäs mit Musik (hand cheese "with music") is perfectly understandable!

[–] janus2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] oliver@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only fascists talk like that at their conferences. And then it doesn't sound much better in other languages.

There are a hell of a lot of good examples of how terrible our language is, but that's nonsense.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

It's a tired joke missing any context or finesse but has some truth to it like most of these kind of stereotypes.

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[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

One of my favorites. After learning insults in German and Spanish, English curses are weaksauce.

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Es ist sehr treu.

[–] Crow_of_Minerva@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

Try having a good relationship with God in Italian

[–] cfx_4188@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

Bitte einen Viertelpfund-Cheeseburger, eine Brezel, ein Würstchen und einen Krug Bier!😆

[–] ramius345@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I feel like Australians can take the insults up a notch.

[–] BaldDude@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No one mentioning Arab insults? Shit goes hard.

[–] klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Здравствуйте, Ein kabop, gracias.

[–] farofinha 2 points 1 year ago

You should know how it works to say how you like your friend in the Brazilian/carioca way (Rio de Janeiro). It scares the shit out of anyone from outside there.

[–] ekZeno@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Anything in chinese

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] frankyboi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I don't get it ,but I appreciate your efforts .lol

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Italian insults: the literal antichrist

[–] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

3 im weggla bidde!

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