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[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ich hätte gerne einen Hamburger

[–] gigachad@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mein Herr, dies ist eine Apotheke.

[–] Woland@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mein Herr, dies ist ein Wendy's

[–] aspseka@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

*Kasino

[–] halcyon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] elvith@feddit.de 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ein Döner mit alles mit scharf!

[–] Senseless@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

Heirate mich.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 22 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (6 children)

Как дела?

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[–] impulse@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A KÄSLEBERKASSEMMEL BITTE!

[–] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

Please don't kill me

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Sprich Deutsch du Whorensohn

[–] frankyboi@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no idea what that mean but I feel attacked.

[–] maess@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar

[–] _cnt0@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 1 points 2 years ago

Das heißt Hurensohn du reudiger Angelsachse!

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[–] kaffeebohne@feddit.de 17 points 2 years ago

Zum hier essen oder zum Mitnehmen?

[–] samsy@feddit.de 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Sie waren wohl gestern da. Tja.

[–] passepartout@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Endboss: Bewirtungsbeleg.

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

Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunternehmenbeamtengesellschaft

[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] janus2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

obligatory link to How German Sounds Compared to Other Languages

[–] oliver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years 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 2 years 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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[–] Crow_of_Minerva@feddit.it 7 points 2 years ago

Try having a good relationship with God in Italian

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Es ist sehr treu.

[–] cfx_4188@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

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

[–] ramius345@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] BaldDude@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

No one mentioning Arab insults? Shit goes hard.

[–] klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Здравствуйте, Ein kabop, gracias.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

De nada

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[–] farofinha@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Anything in chinese

[–] Ketchup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Good DAY sir!

[–] DrownedAxolotl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

So we're talking insults and no one's gonna mention Serbian.... Пуши курац is a classic!

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago

Italian insults: the literal antichrist

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