Lingo Meme - this time in German!
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sister_luckI really should be ironing and packing and sorting out things to take on my trip tomorrow, but I can't say no to a language meme.
1. a flowing body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Bach or Flüsschen which is the diminutive form of Fluss = river
2. the thing you push around the grocery store: Einkaufswagen or short - if it's clear what I'm talking about - just Wagen
3. a metal container to carry a meal in: Henkelmann but these things have gone out of fashion
4. the thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Bratpfanne
5. the piece of furniture that seats three people: Sofa or Couch
6. the device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: Regenrinne
7. the covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: They're not usually covered, but Terrasse or Veranda
8. carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Softdrinks or Nicht-alkoholische Getränke which would cover juice as well, possibly also Limo, which is short for Limonade
9. a flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Not that we would eat them for breakfast or put syrup on them, but Pfannkuchen though in Berlin that's something else again!
10. a long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: ein (belegtes) Baguette or depending on the bread ein (belegtes) Ciabatta
11. the piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Badehose
12. shoes worn for sports: Turnschuhe or in fashion-speak Sneaker
13. putting a room in order: aufräumen
14. a flying insect that glows in the dark: Glühwürmchen
15. the little insect that curls up into a ball: No idea!
16. the children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: eine Wippe
17. How do you eat your pizza? Mit Messer und Gabel oder mit den Fingern
18. when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: Usually only done in market form - Flohmarkt
19. the evening meal: Abendessen or Abendbrot
20. the thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: Keller
21. the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: We don't have them.
22. the end of the bread that you tend to cut off: There are lots of German (dialect) words for the Randstück. My family is from all over the place, so we use Knust, Renft and Kanten.
1. a flowing body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Bach or Flüsschen which is the diminutive form of Fluss = river
2. the thing you push around the grocery store: Einkaufswagen or short - if it's clear what I'm talking about - just Wagen
3. a metal container to carry a meal in: Henkelmann but these things have gone out of fashion
4. the thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Bratpfanne
5. the piece of furniture that seats three people: Sofa or Couch
6. the device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: Regenrinne
7. the covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: They're not usually covered, but Terrasse or Veranda
8. carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Softdrinks or Nicht-alkoholische Getränke which would cover juice as well, possibly also Limo, which is short for Limonade
9. a flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Not that we would eat them for breakfast or put syrup on them, but Pfannkuchen though in Berlin that's something else again!
10. a long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: ein (belegtes) Baguette or depending on the bread ein (belegtes) Ciabatta
11. the piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Badehose
12. shoes worn for sports: Turnschuhe or in fashion-speak Sneaker
13. putting a room in order: aufräumen
14. a flying insect that glows in the dark: Glühwürmchen
15. the little insect that curls up into a ball: No idea!
16. the children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: eine Wippe
17. How do you eat your pizza? Mit Messer und Gabel oder mit den Fingern
18. when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: Usually only done in market form - Flohmarkt
19. the evening meal: Abendessen or Abendbrot
20. the thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: Keller
21. the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: We don't have them.
22. the end of the bread that you tend to cut off: There are lots of German (dialect) words for the Randstück. My family is from all over the place, so we use Knust, Renft and Kanten.
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Date: 2007-07-17 06:11 pm (UTC)You don't have public drinking water available? They are very rare here, but schools still have them.
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Date: 2007-07-17 06:15 pm (UTC)In schools we just have a sink Waschbecken in the classroom or corridor and the kids often use that to fill up their Trinkflaschen. I think I've seen these water fountain things in outdoor swimming pools around here, but I don't have a word for them. Wasserspender possibly?
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Date: 2007-07-17 06:23 pm (UTC)When are you coming back?
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Date: 2007-07-17 07:17 pm (UTC)Thank you! I'll be back on the 27th - we've got a fairly late flight and hope to have a look at Lisbon before we leave.
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Date: 2007-07-17 07:21 pm (UTC)See you online in August then!
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Date: 2007-07-17 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-17 10:31 pm (UTC)Have a safe and enjoyable trip, then and see you next month!
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Date: 2007-07-17 10:31 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot. Have a good trip, too!