#german words

[agirlwithglam]

Weltschmerz: a german word that means

"the depression that arises from comparing the world as it is to a hypothetical idealised world."

basically: its when you compare your current situation to a better, more ideal situation and then you feel angry or sad about that. i guarantee you that you've felt this at least once before in your life. whether it was because you felt left out with friends, lost a job opportunity, got a bad grade on a test, etc.

theres always that sense of "what if" or "could/ would".

this kind of feeling can bring you down and make you feel kinda depressed. so what do we do when we feel this?

we must remember to stay down to earth. stop fantasying about "could be" or "would be". take life as it is and work for more.

[thatswhywelovegermany]

I was often asked by guests from America about the difference between a Burg and a Schloss. You can see both types of castle in this photo. The left building complex in the distance is a Burg, the right one in the foreground is a Schloss. Usually, I explain it this way: A Burg is a defensive castle, a Schloss is a bragging castle.

The photo shows Schloss Arnstein in Neu-Eichenberg (Hesse) and Burg Hanstein (Thuringia). Between both sites ran the border between West and East Germany, and Burg Hanstein was used as a watchtower by the East German border guards. This view has become a symbol of the German reunification.

[bethanythebogwitch]

There should be an overly-long German compound word for when you listen to the cover of a song first and then the original sounds weird to you.

[cowboylikeyouu]

i HATE the fact that there isn't a specific verb & noun for "being silent/saying nothing" in english, it genuinely pisses me off so bad rn. bc in german you have the verb "schweigen" and the same word can also be the noun "Das Schweigen" and it's so useful!! AND I NEED IT SO BAD RN!! bc i don't wanna use "the silence" i CANT use "the silence" bc it's NOT silent, there's music playing in the scene, but they're not talking and i need a fucking noun for that. i hate english so much i'm going back to writing in german fuck this shit

[theculturecriticdesigns]

Available artwork and other products - Waldeinsamkeit Definition - Caspar David Friedrich Painting 

[neurotichunter]

In German, we have this word for worst case scenarios in nuclear plants: GAU (or Gau) - it's an abbreviation/acronym/initialism of "größter anzunehmender Unfall", which roughly translates to "biggest assumable emergency". Over the years, a superlative was coined: Super-Gau - for the worst of worst case scenarios.

You can use it for everything, by the way, not only nuclear plants... "If the right wing party wins - that would be a Super-Gau..."

Now I've seen several ppl on the internet talk about how they find the superlative so annoying, because, well, the biggest emergency anyone can think of is in and of itself the biggest emergency anyone can think of, so the "super" is redundant.

But. Listen here, fuckers. If life has taught me anything, then that whatever emergency or worst case you can think of - life will laugh at that and come up with bullshit you can't even imagine! Life's always very "super" and you should get used to it.

[joseline-woodhouse]

One of the few good thing about having to learn about the details of German law is that I get in contact with beautiful German legal terms such as

Beschwerdegegenstand

Urteilsbegründung

Prozesskostenhilfeantrag

Versäumnisurteil

Gütergemeinschaft

Zurückweisungsbeschluss

Gesamthandseigenum

Idk I'm weird like that.

[darkness-holds-eternal-light]

hehe can I get a German word?

Oh hey, yes, you absolutely can! 😄 Would you like to have one for yourself or would you like to join a collective one? I actually hadn't thought about that, it does sound pretty neat to give different words to different people. 😋

[thelegitimategrape329]

Some of My Favorite Words in German

verschlimmbesser (literally to worsenbetter) which refers to when you accidentally make something worse while trying to improve it.

Kummerspeck (literally grief bacon) the weight a person gains during a period of overeating due to unhappiness, depression, grief, or other emotional condition

Innerer Schweinehund (literally inner pig dog) that inner force that keeps you from productivity

Zeitgeist (literally time spirit) the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

[defghiddenxwordstuv]

Ein Augenblick in Vollkommenheit

In diesem magischen Moment, zwischen Laken und unseren Herzen, verschmelzen Seelen in einem Rausch der Leidenschaft.

Stunden vergehen und die Welt um mich herum verschwimmt zu einem fernen Traum.

Unsere Körper tanzen im Takt der Liebe, und jeder Atemzug fühlt sich an, als würden wir die Essenz des Lebens selbst einatmen.

Wir schmiegen uns eng aneinander. Unsere Herzen schlagen im Einklang und jede Berührung ist wie ein Gedicht, das von den Lippen der Liebe geflüstert wird.

In diesen Augenblicken, in denen wir verflochten liegen, spüre ich diese Vollkommenheit und die Welt um uns scheint still zu stehen, als ob sie sich selbst in diesem unvergesslichen Moment verlieren könnte.

Aus der Wohnung nebenan ertönen zärtliche Klänge auf dem Klavier. Die Melodie, welche sich in meine Welt einschleicht scheint wie der letzte Pinselstrich auf einem nahezu vollendeten Gemälde zu sein.

- v.

[highladyluck]

There should be a German word for the sense of embarrassed accomplishment you feel when you narrowly prevent some important possession (phone, glasses, jewelry, etc) from falling into the toilet.

[dibuworld]

There’s this word in German ‘schadenfreude’ , which means the pleasure or joy someone gets from another person’s grief.

For some reason it remind me of when Jaun Eliya

said “ lehza shikayat ka tha, magar saari mehfil

samajh gayi ki mamla mohabbat ka tha..” because

how am i still fine by being rude to this person I’m

insanely in love with. How am i not considering the

hurt that they are getting, how is my heart not

breaking as i break theirs?

[septembergold]

[sk3tchisworld]

What is it called when you are excited about a subject of a conversation and you want to say a lot about it but as you type or think of your reply you realize that you're not only going to say a lot but it's extremely nuanced and probably way deeper than the surface layer of discussion the participants were intending so you edit it down to the bare minimum until you end up saying nothing at all because you remember in the past people would give you weird stares or demeaning comments about saying too much because 'it just isn't that deep' so you just nod along in painful silence knowing that you will never feel safe sharing your interests with other people?

I don't know either, but I'm almost certain there is a German word for it.

I'm lonely.