Daniel Chaffey - Dirty German: Second Edition: Everyday Slang from Whats Up? to F*%# Off!

Dirty German Everyday Slang from Whats Up? to F*%# Off! Wie gehts? Verpiss dich! Daniel Chaffey 2nd Edition Text copyright 2009, 2022 Daniel Chaffey. Design and concept copyright 2009, 2022 Ulysses Press and its licensors. Illustrations copyright 2009, 2022 Lindsay Mack. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized duplication in whole or in part or dissemination of this edition by any means (including but not limited to photocopying, electronic devices, digital versions, and the internet) will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. No. 3,928,097. Sag deinem Hauptmann:Vor Ihro Kaiserliche Majestt hab ich, wie immer schuldigen Respekt.Er aber, sags ihm, er kann mich im Arsch lecken! Gtz von Berlichingen Der Herr selbst, wei ich, ist gerecht; und wenn es mir nur gelingt, durch die, die ihn umringen, bis an seine Person zu kommen, so zweifle ich nicht, ich verschaffe mir Recht, und kehre frhlich, noch ehe die Woche verstreicht, zu dir und meinen alten Geschften zurck. Michael Kohlhaas If you dont know the difference between Scheie and Schuhcreme, this book might be a rude awakening for you. Sag deinem Hauptmann:Vor Ihro Kaiserliche Majestt hab ich, wie immer schuldigen Respekt.Er aber, sags ihm, er kann mich im Arsch lecken! Gtz von Berlichingen Der Herr selbst, wei ich, ist gerecht; und wenn es mir nur gelingt, durch die, die ihn umringen, bis an seine Person zu kommen, so zweifle ich nicht, ich verschaffe mir Recht, und kehre frhlich, noch ehe die Woche verstreicht, zu dir und meinen alten Geschften zurck. Michael Kohlhaas If you dont know the difference between Scheie and Schuhcreme, this book might be a rude awakening for you.

I wrote it with the intermediate-level German speaker in mind, someone already familiar enough with the language to get by. Maybe youve got just enough Deutsch under your belt to read the menu at your local Schnitzelhaus, or, maybe youre so hard-core youve memorized Goethes Faust and can sing all your favorite Rammstein lyrics until your vocal cords burst into flames. Regardless of your current ability, this book will push you to the next level when mixing it up in German so that you dont come off sounding like a total tourist. The most important thing to know about using the information and phrases in this book is context. Knowing the difference between formal and informal settings and their required forms of communication is essential to getting by in German society. I cant emphasize this enough.

This is a slang book, a dirty slang book. Using the tips, phrases, and just about any of the vocabulary within Dirty German in a formal setting is the social equivalent of crapping on someones living room floor. Dont even think of using these phrases with people older than you, professionals (any government official, professor, cop, etc.), your friends parents, or pretty much any stranger, unless youre ready to seriously offend someone. That being said, feel free to throw out any of these gems when hanging out with your friends, your friends friends, or any other degenerates you might know; its sure to increase your street cred. This is, after all, a book on slang, filled with plenty of helpful phrases and info to help break down the language and cultural barriers and maybe even get you laid. If youre afraid that you might offend someone, exercise caution and slowly slip into conversations with terms you find appropriate.

Youll be happy to see that lengthy grammar explanations and conjugation tables are missing from this book (I dont want to bore the shit out of you with stuff you probably already know or dont want to review). There are, however, a few important grammar-related points that need to be addressed. All nouns in German have a gender that dictates their definite article (i.e., the). This gender plays a vitally important role in helping you understand whats going on in any given sentence. Since you must memorize the gender of a noun when you learn a new word, each nouns gender is labeled as follows: (m) for masculine nouns with the article der (f) for feminine nouns with the article die (n) for neutral nouns with the article das plural nouns are always labeled as (pl) Hoping to create a more gender-equitable language, Germans developed the Gendersternchen, or gender star (*), the Binn-I, and the Gender Gap ( _ ); all can be used interchangeably. These characters are added to the female plural ending -innen of certain nouns, making it possible to refer to all genders while also including non-binary people.

A great example is Sufer ([male] drunk, singular and plural) becomes Sufer*innen (drunks). Another issue thats difficult to remember, even for advanced students, is when to use the right endings for possessive pronouns (my, your, etc.). Since the gender and case of the noun dictates how the possessive pronoun ends, I give you the ending options in parentheses whenever I use a phrase in which your possessive pronoun needs an ending appropriate to the noun you use. For example: Slap my! Schlag mein- (-e, -en)! The above example covers your ass when telling someone to slap anythingregardless of whether its a der, die, or das noun. But, you have to figure out which ending you will need to use on your own, cuz like I said, this isnt a grammar book. Because an extensive pronunciation guide would be way too long to fit within the introduction to this book and would never cover all of the many little nuances within German, heres a short intro addressing some of the more common pronunciation mistakes that even advanced students of German often make: C sounds like the ts in shits before an i, , y, or e,* and like the k in kill everywhere else.^ *die City (the City) ^der Clown (the clown) G sounds like the g in gay* unless it follows a vowel at the end of a sentence, in which case you pronounce it with a soft ch sound, like in ich.^ *der Gammler (the slacker) ^hungrig (hungry) J sounds like the y in youth,* never like the j in jackass, unless the word is of English origin, like jazz.

Words taken from French, like journalist, have a French pronunciation of J, like zhuh. *die Jungs (the guys) Q sounds like the q in question,* Like in English, it is always followed by a u, which makes the Q sound like a kv. *der Quatsch (bullshit) S sounds like the z in zipper.* *saugen (to suck) V sounds like either the f in father* or the v in vagina.^ *der Vater (father) ^die Vagina (the vagina) W sounds like the v in vaseline.* *der Wichser (the jerk-off) X sounds like the cks in sucks* (words beginning with X are rare). *das XylophonY sounds like the oo in oops.* *der Typ (the dude) Z sounds like the ts in cats.* *zahlen (pay), die Zicke (the bitch) Umlaut vowels

like the e in ten, only longer

like the i in stir

like the ou in tour

Some other tricky pronunciation issues

au	like ow in cow
ae	same pronunciation as ; use this transcription for typing on non-German keyboards.
ah	like a in car, but held a little longer
u	like oy in boy