What They Didn't Teach You in German Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More

By Daniel Chaffey

Book Overview

Drinking a Hefeweizen at a Biergarten...
Dancing at Berlin's hottest club...
Cheering for the local soccer team at the Stadion...

Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in Germany's everyday language.

- What's up?Wie geht's?
- He/She is a real hottie.Er/Sie ist eine ganz hei e Nummer.
- What's on tap?Was gibt's vom Fass?
- I ordered the Currywurst.Ich bin den Currywurst.
- Do you wanna cuddle?Willst Du kuscheln?
- Gooooooal Toooooor

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612436765
• ISBN13: 9781612436760
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Best to be prepared and do not leave home without it.

I only had two years of German about 5 decades ago. But I was warned that some phrases do not translate too well, and it is that you might not be saying what you meant to say. My German teacher was explaining why he was so late and changed the article on “Traffic” and got some strange looks. My favorite tale was when he was in Germany, a woman pointed him out to her grandson and said that he spoke excellent 18th-century German. This book should help prevent that. There is also some time taken with pronouncing things in High German. I think of Kennedy: “I am a jelly doughnut.” Watching programs like “Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)”, I periodically come across odd dialects. Still German, but they say things differently. “Ich weiß nichts”. This is standard German (Hochdeutsch). “I woaß nix!”. In a thick Viennese accent. A good book as a companion is: “English Grammar for Students of German.” You can wing it in English, but without this book, you are in trouble with German.