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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ich hätte gerne einen Hamburger

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mein Herr, dies ist eine Apotheke.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mein Herr, dies ist ein Wendy's

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would like to buy a hamburger. https://youtu.be/Z6oeAdemFZw

[–] [email protected] 23 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"...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

(Мне нужна была помощь от Google.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Я так думаю, да.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Я учился на 101, удачи!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ein Döner mit alles mit scharf!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Heirate mich.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A KÄSLEBERKASSEMMEL BITTE!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Please don't kill me

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sie waren wohl gestern da. Tja.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Zum hier essen oder zum Mitnehmen?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Sprich Deutsch du Whorensohn

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no idea what that mean but I feel attacked.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Das heißt Hurensohn du reudiger Angelsachse!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunternehmenbeamtengesellschaft

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Es ist sehr treu.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Try having a good relationship with God in Italian

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No one mentioning Arab insults? Shit goes hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Здравствуйте, Ein kabop, gracias.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Anything in chinese

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

3 im weggla bidde!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good DAY sir!

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