Useful words and expressions in other languages we don't have in English.

[MardyBra]

Like schadenfreude for example.

Brain has gone blank trying to think of other examples!

[ThursdayLast]

Like déjà vu?

[DirtieBertie]

Gezellig from dutch kind of meaning cosy/nice/pleasant.

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Backpfeifengesicht.

Oh yup.

Often.

[DrankSangriaInThePark]

I always remember pedalling in yoghurt fondly. (a sort of 1 step forward and 2 back analogy)

[HyvaPaiva]

The Danish word hygge is my very favourite. VisitDenmark describes it really well:

'In essence, hygge means creating a nice, warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people around you. The warm glow of candlelight is hygge. Friends and family – that’s hygge too. And let’s not forget the eating and drinking – preferably sitting around the table for hours on end discussing the big and small things in life.'

[AphraBane]

unverrichteter Dinge

Means 'without having done that which you intended to do'

So you would say: ich ging unverrichteter Dinge nach Hause

Teuro
An expression created in German post-2002 as a portmanteau of teuer (expensive) and Euro to express the fact that many shops and retaurants used the currency change to raise their prices.

[AphraBane]

Both hygge and gezellig seems to have aspects of the German word Gemütlichkeit/gemütlich.

[NinjaPenguin]

Luftmensch
Kummerspeck

[Panzee]

Brabbag (pr. Bravvag) in the Isle of Man means to warm one's balls (or arse) by the fire.

"Hey there yessir, come on in out of the caul' and have a brabbag"

[headoverheels]

chez is a handy one

[Panzee]

Once someone told me about an actual German word/phrase that meant the crap song played at the end of the night in a club/disco/party to get you to leave. I wish I knew what it was, it's genius!

[elQuintoConyo]

doppelganger

[AphraBane]

it's doppelgänger, Quinto. I think I'm allowed to be pedantic when we're chèz Cunning Linguists.

[MardyBra]

No accent on chez though.

Pedants are over here

[PeterParkerSays]

dreich (as in bad weather) - it's just so expressive.

[WallyBantersJunkBox]

Ohrwurm - that tune that you can't get out of your head.

[headoverheels]

Wouldn't that just be earworm in English though?

[mrsjavierbardem]

there is an expression in Japanese which I don't know how to write obis, but it means 'parental blindness' and covers how all parents think their own children are beautiful, it's like rose tinted spectacles.

[mrsjavierbardem]

schweinhund!

(SCHV AIN-hoont) German: a low-down character; a dirty dog

But the best words we don't have to me, are Yiddish
kvetsh
kvetch means “complain, whine or fret,”

shlep
To drag, traditionally something you don’t really need; to carry unwillingly. When people “shlep around,” they are dragging themselves, perhaps slouchingly.

shlemiel
A clumsy, inept person, similar to a klutz (also a Yiddish word). The kind of person who always spills his soup.

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

And chutzpah which is more than just cheek or nerve

[TheDietStartsTomorrow]

In Arabic they say 'Ya Haaj' which is a polite way of addressing or calling a stranger. Very commonly used in Saudi and very respectable, yet direct. We don't have an equivalent in English.

[mrsjavierbardem]

i love chutzpah too

[IfNotNowThenWhen]

Ah, welll, Yiddish has so many words to describe types of people. It was always kind of the language of the street/ the family, so has very many "human" words (if that makes sense)
The way my Nan described Shmuck, Shlemeil and Shlemozzle to me:

The Shmuck is the one who bumps into the waiter, the Shlemeil is the waiter, and the Shlemozzle is the poor sap who gets the soup spilled all over him!
(Apologies for spellings-I have mostly heard Yiddish words,not seen them written!)
This new topic is fun!

[IfNotNowThenWhen]

This is English , but Yorskshire, so dialect:

Nesh, as in a person who is always cold.

[Bonsoir]

The French envy us "serendipity".