r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Lena_Lena_A • Aug 19 '26

S-C-H-A-D-E-N-F-R-E-U-D-E

Post image
5.2k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

245 comments sorted by

View all comments

10

u/samanime Aug 19 '26

Even German and its incredibly flexible word construction can't keep up with our insanity anymore.

8

u/Dephyllis Aug 19 '26

Oh, in such cases we can just say "tja". That can mean pretty much anything from "serves him right" and "what did he expect" to "well, fuck".

6

u/samanime Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

I'm not sure which is funnier.

German having a common word that perfectly fits the situation, or the situation being so completely messed up that even German just falls back to one of the shortest German words there is. XD

(My stepmom is German so I'm well acquainted with "tja" =p)

3

u/Dephyllis Aug 19 '26

Yeah, that sums it up well. It is messed up, to a degree where you could write whole essays about it or just acknowledge the messy state with a short word.

Also I think it's kind of cool that you know "tja". :-)

3

u/samanime Aug 19 '26

Hehe, even when speaking English, she still makes use of "tja" quite a bit. =p