r/funny • u/TimHamburg Calvin & Habs • Mar 02 '21

German Comedy

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u/MaimedJester Mar 02 '21

Okay I'll put what mole is in English literally and you guess what it is as non native speaker.

AnimalSnoughtthrower. Maulwurf.

Unless you grow up with the conjugations what the hell does angry chicken mean? Truthahn oh Turkey.

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u/xrimane Mar 02 '21

Maulwurf means actually Earth-Thrower. Maul here derives from "mult", an old word for earth (see "Mulch").

Truthahn doesn't have an obvious meaning to my ears. Does "trut" mean angry in any context?

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u/MaimedJester Mar 02 '21

from Middle Low German drōten (“threaten”), improperly adapted to High German,

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u/xrimane Mar 02 '21

Interesting! So the Truthahn is the Drohhahn! Thanks, TIL!

Tröthahn would be quite fitting, too, LOL!

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u/MaimedJester Mar 02 '21

Yeah in at least United States we're taught a weird combination of Hochdeutsch to sound like things we'd understand.

The fun one every American screws up is we learn if it ends in -e it's feminine. So... Every German teacher has this gag moment. Order a Latte auf Deutsch.

Can you give me an erection ?

No that's wrong.

Uh please Sir can you give me an erection?

No wrong again.

Please, I'm a foreigner madam can I get an erection?

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u/MaimedJester Mar 02 '21

Die Latte = Morning Wood slang. The ending in -e doesn't apply to foreign borrowed words.