Amadeus Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Your German word of the day: Freikolbenlineargenerator, which is short for "Very clever new engine developed by very clever German engineers": http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10122/333_read-6318//year-all/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Vorsprung durch Technik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Vorsprung durch Technik. Translation : Built by a Turkish immigrant.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks brilliantly simple and compact - wonder how efficient it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbert Hickmann Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It'll be Uber efficient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOMRS97 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Schlimmbesserung is my favourite German word. There ought to be a Manx equivalent as the concept seems to be very popular on the Isle of Man, certainly in government circles anyway. It translates as 'an improvement that makes matters worse. I'm sure we can all think of some examples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 In referring to someone like Geoff Corkish, I rather like: "Er kann mir gestohlen bleiben." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Vorsprung durch Technik. Translation : Built by a Turkish immigrant.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 My favourite German word is the one for Bra - Stopemfromfloppen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 thought it was 'bustenhalter'. I recall motorcycling or maybe it was motorcycle did a skit on the German for BMW motorcycle parts, the forks were ,'upendownenpumpenfuffers', and the exhaust,'popenbangensmokenpipe'. Oh what fun we had in the fifties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Kuntenhunten.....The lads on a night out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Kuntenhunten.....The lads on a night out. Gottenclappen - the one who was successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Kuntenhunten.....The lads on a night out. Gottenclappen - the one who was successful. Ausfahrt - what all the lads do the following morning after the curry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Cautiously, or it could easily be Ausfartlumpen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 sehr furkenschnell und Silber .....at Goodwood: http://www.gizmag.com/mercedes-classic-collection-goodwood/26746/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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