Dictionary of German Slang and Colloquial Expressions

by Henry Strutz

Book Overview

This quick-reference dictionary for language students and travelers to German-speaking countries presents more than 4,000 informal, commonly-used words and phrases in German with English translations... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764109669
• ISBN13: 9780764109669
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Very Funny

This little book is worth the $10 for entertainment value alone. This is a funny book. I know a little German, and I have actually heard a few of these words before. Only now I know what they mean. I do agree however with a couple of other reviewers that you probably shouldn't say too much of this stuff in public. Still worth it though! The most fun I've had with a book in a long time.

A good read.

Definately something to get if you're interested in the language at a level beyond "The Classroom". Some things just cannot be expressed correctly without a little slang. The only downside is that one must have a bit of German language already for the book to be of much use. For instance... I can just hear a non-german speaker butcher "AA machen" by saying AA like it was the local alcoholics anonymous instead of the propper "Ahh-Ahh mach-en" Buy the book to find out what "AA machen" means ;)

Very amusing

This book is an amusing collection of German slang and is in this way a superior, though different, book from Strutz's "German Idioms," published by Barron's. "German Slang" contains some slightly racy, street-wise German that's sure to amuse almost everyone. Some of it, of course, can be spicy. German teachers should look up "Sprachmufti"--a definition I wound up memorizing--"Er haelt sich fuer Sprachmufti [language expert], die Jugendsprache aber checkt er nicht [doesn't understand]."