German Phrasebook

If you are going to Germany for the World Cup, we have a revolutionary new idea to help you get by, rather than using the age-old technique of talking a bit louder, we suggest you learn a bit of German.

That's not the revolutionary bit of course. The revolutionary bit is the way you learn, i.e. by just listening to the cool album of songs from earwormslearning.com 'Rapid German'. You just listen to these melodies and kind of brainwash yourself. The earworms guys reckon you even start dreaming in the language. And we must admit that Renate, the girl on the CD, does sound like the kind of girl you should be dreaming about.

WorldCup365's own man on the scene, Herr Thomas Wanke, has been jerking around the land of the lederhosen somewhere between Titz and Cologne and has come up with a few useful phrases to help England fans.

Thomas is not a man to mince his words and stresses that getting the message across is the main thing. In other words, WorldCup365 disclaims all liability for the (in)correctness of his translations. In fact we feel something has got lost in translation somewhere...


Officer, would you mind taking your arm from around my neck as I am having some trouble catching my breath...
Lass los, du idiot.

Can I have four large jugs of your strongest beer over here please, landlord. And a glass of white wine for the lovely lady...
Vier Bier hier bitte, und eine Liebfrauenmilch für die liebe Frau.

If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
Ficky, Ficky? (Remember the message is the main thing.)

Hey Mr DJ, is there any chance you could play something other than David Hasselhoff?
Hey Herr DJ, ich hasse Hasselhoff. Spiel was andres.

That's not a Nazi salute...I was just stretching
Das war kein Nazi-Gruß...Ich habe die Arme nur gestreckt.

Excuse me, can you help me with a quiz question: Who scored England's final goal in their 5-1 demolition of Germany in 2001?
Entschuldigung, können Sie mir helfen bei einer Quiz - Frage: Wer hat das letzte Tor geschossen, als England 2001 Deutschland mit 5 :1 demolierte?

Here's a Euro - give your mum a ring and tell her you've pulled
Hier ist ein Euro. Ruf Deine Mutter an und sag ihr, dass Du jemanden aufgerissen hast.

Have you got anything that doesn't come with cabbage? It gives me awful wind and I'm hoping to meet a young lady later and get a little jiggy with it.
Haben Sie irgendwas ohne Kohl? Davon kriege ich saumäßige Blähungen und ich möchte eine junge Dame treffen und wir wollen, Jiggy' damit.


Useful words to know...

1. Bra = Bustenhalter (literally is a bust holder, we just love this word).

2. Testicles = Eier (meaning eggs. As in 'someone has just kicked Paul in the eggs, poor fellow. That must smart').

3. Blouse = Blau (meaning blue, but more importantly 'pissed' as in under the influence of excessive amounts of Alt. (See 4))

4. Old = Alt (but more importantly a tasty German brew with about 4.8% of alcohol. If everybody drinks enough of this stuff, communication between nationalities can get better. N.B: It can also get worse.


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