Thursday, July 24, 2014

German loooooong words

Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkungen : Speed Limits

Handschuhschneeballwerfer : a person who wears gloves to throw snowballs

Sitzpinkler : a man who pees sitting down

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft :      the association for 

subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services

Fussbodenschleifmaschinenverleih : is the place to turn to if you need your wooden floors sanded down

Eisenbahnknotenpunkthinundherschiebershäuschen : Which is the little cabin where in earlier times the switchman 

(nice word, by the way) was manually operating the railroad switches

herbeisehnen : a verb for wishing something or someone to be nearer.

Iesenbahnboomafanddahldrahskerl : which is in "Plattdeutsch" a dialect spoken in the norther part of Germany. It 

means "railwaygateup and downturnman" or Schrankenwärter

 Tausendsassa : Jack-of-all-trades

Bioeier. Five vowels in a row

Geschwindigkeitsregelanlage : cruise control

Doppelkupplungsgetriebe : double clutch gearbox

anhalten : synonym and antonym at the same time 

eg : "Der Bus hält an." means "The bus is stopping."
"Das warme Wetter hält an." means "The warm weather continues."
 It seems when the word is used in connection with weather or state of being/conditions in general, "anhalten" 

means a process is continuing. When it its used describing a movable object that is in motion, it means that said 

motion is discontinuing.

knattert : farted

Lautmalerei : Painting with sounds ( onomatopoeia ) 

Streichholzschaechtelchen : small box of matches

drachenfutter : dragon fodder ( literally ) : which is a present that a husband/boyfriend presents to his 

wife/girlfriend as a peace offering having pissed her off

Hottentottenpotentatentantenattentatentäter : meaning an assassin targeting the aunt of a Khoikhoi chief . also 

mentioned in the book Geheimnis by Juri Andruchowytsch

Nikotinamidadenindinukleotidphosphat 

Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst: Fight material disposal service(bomb Squad) 

Knabenmorgenblütenträume : the flowery dreams of a young man in the morning

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz : a REAL law with the official abbreviation (!) 

RflEttÜAÜG = pork labelling supervision tasks transfer law

Frühlingsgefühle : 

Stuhlgang : defecation

Klugscheisser : smartass

Habseligkeiten : (elected as "the most beautiful german word", btw) literally: "Have-Bliss" (in plural form)
"Habseligkeiten" has a poetic, nostalgic touch and mostly is earmarked for possessions that are very dear.

Apothekenfrühstück = tablets

Fossilientransporter=a bus with pensioners

Freizeitphilosophentreff=job centre

Gehirnleistungszellen-überanstrengungsanstalt=school

Siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig = 777777

Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitssyndrommedikamentenbeipackzettel = ADS medication instructions

Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen = electricity company

Zwergflusspferd = dwarf hippo

Binnenschifffahrtsgesellschaft = canal transport company

bumsbomber : plane full of sex tourists 

Weltmeisterschaftendspielschiedrichterpfeife : the whistle used by the referee at the world cup final

Schädlingsbekämpfungsfachmann = rat man (sorry, rodent operative)

Glühbirne : (glow pear) : light bulb

kummerspeck - ( griefbacon) - putting on weight in a fraught emotional state

Nervensäge - someone who irritates you so much, they saw at your nerves.

Ohrwurm (lit.) earworm - that nasty little tune you can't get out of your head

Schmetterlingsschwimmen = butterfly stroke

Affentittengeil : "monkey-tits-horny" or "as horny as monkey tits" 
awe and amazement

Lagerregal (storage shelving) - german Palindrome
Reliefpfeiler

mutterseelenallein : alone as a mother's soul for loneliness

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaftssiztungsraumklimaanlagenschalterbefestigungsschraubendeckel

Sitzriese - somebody who looks bigger when they're sitting down than when they stand up.

Leserkommentarspaltenhöllenlärm :  all hell breaking loose in the comment thread

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