Little German Humor - Life as a Veggie

Translation for beginning learners:

"Oh, great ... he's cut himself." "In a moment, all of us are going to cry..."

Fun German Expression for English Phrase to Get into Trouble

The English phrase: To get into trouble, to get into hot water or to to put oneself in a spot can have a fun expression in German: Sich in die Nesseln setzen. Means literally: To sit down in stinging nettles.

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German Expression for English Phrase to do something effortless

An amusing German expression for saying: to do something without much effort, effortless or I could do it on my head = I kann das im Schlaf. Literal meaning: I can do that asleep.

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German Phrase for English Expression to Party or to Have it Going on

English expression: All hell breaks loose, to celebrate, to have it going on. A funny German phrase is for example: Da steppt der Bär (literal translation: the bear is tap-dancing)

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German Expression for English Phrase to Smell a Rat

The German idiom for the English term: To smell a rat = den Braten riechen, means essentially: to smell the roast. Implying: to assume / think that something is wrong; to pick up that someone has actually triggered something wrong.

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German Expression for English Term To Die

The German translation for the English expression: To kick the bucket, to snuff it, to die = den Löffel abgeben

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German Expression for English Term Everything is OK

The English phrase: "Everything is OK" means in German: "Alles in Butter!" (literally: Everything is in butter)

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German Expression for English Term to Be on the Wrong Track

The German words: Auf dem Holzweg sein = in English: To be on the wrong track, to bark up the wrong tree

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German Phrase for English Expression to Be in the Dark

German translation for English expression: To be in the dark = im Dunkeln tappen

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German Expression for English Phrase March to a Different Drummer

The German translation for the English words: To march to a different drummer, to march to a different tune (to get out of line) = aus der Reihe tanzen. 

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German Expression for English Phrase To Be In the Boondocks

The German expression for the English expression: To be in the boonbocks = Am Arsch der Welt. Example: He lives out in the boondocks. - Er lebt am Arsch der Welt. It means that it is far away and hard to get to.

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German Idioms in Pictures - Hanging by a Thread

The German Phrase: Am seidenen Faden haengen = Hanging by a Thread

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German Idioms in Pictures - Making A Big Deal

German idiom that explains: To make a big deal out of a minor thing, making a mountain out of a hill - aus einer Muecke einen Elefanten machen

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Can Germans Be Funny?

Germans are often considered reserved, stiff, and overly orderly. Many people consider German serious with little humor.
This may be the case on the surface but once you know a few Germans, you'll realize that there is a lot of humor in the language and daily life. In fact, Germans love a good laugh!

Making fun of politicians, German dialects, work, relationship issues and even religion and themselves is evidence that they don't take things too serious.

One of favorite German comedians is Kaya Yanar - who actually of Turkish descent:



Then there are also some fun German cartoonists who really make you laugh:

The German Fastnacht or carneval season is made for just the pure fun, to laugh, drink, make jokes and have a good time. Germany even has set aside holidays for this purpose, e.g. Rosenmontag. In the USA, there is Halloween for one day a year. In Germany there is an entire season beween November 11 to into February/March.
Entire cities close down for parades on certain days and even business live is impacted.

Young and old celebrates sillyness and life!
Germans are dressed in customes. Friends and entire teams of coworkers meet up in pubs, bars and enjoy this time a year!

Even entire TV shows are dedicated to this annual event.

If you tell me now Germans are not funny, you haven't experienced them yet!