Are German nipples the worst?

[Crackerofdoom]

I just learned the word for nipples in German is Brustwarzen

The literal translation is "breast warts"

Is this the worst direct translation or are there more out there?

You can get a sort of yoghurt in Kenya called "Mziwi lala" which translates as "sleepy milk".

Brilliant 🤣

What’s the German word for butterfly again? It’s such a harsh sound for such a delicate thing!

kwetsbar - dutch for vulnerable

What’s the German word for butterfly again?

Schmetterling

Take a toad.

Give it a shield for protection.

Voilà! A schildkröte!

aka a tortoise or a turtle.

German speaker here.
Yes. It is a wonderfully literal language. What you see is what you get... much like the people. Direct. Honest. Nice and to the point with a dash of humour.
We use Schadenfreude in English but it is literally 'damaged happiness'.

My favourite is Backpfeifengesicht or 'a face that wants a fist'.

Then there's dear old "Durchfall" (through-fall - i.e. diarrhoea).

I love the phrase for pushing up the daisies: die Kartofeln von unten sehen - to be looking at the potatoes from underneath.

Danish
To hamster - stockpile
Mother cake - placenta
Life mother - womb
Between meat - perineum
Orange (as in the fruit) skin - cellulite
Together play - intercourse

Kopfkissen = Head cushion = pillow

Never heard the fist face thing! Harsh!

I love the English acquisitiveness (is it a product of a low self esteem in the national psyche ?) There's no word anywhere in the world, in any language that isn't safe from the prowling lips and tongues of the native Brit. Who can be relied upon to steal it, mispronounce it, and (usually) misuse it in one fell swoop.

I had to go to hospital in Austria and was asked to remove my 'chest holder'. Bra is bustenhalter in German. It still cracks me up.

gruenzeug = green things = veg

Erdapfel = Earth Apple = potato
(See French too!)

Flughafen = flying Harbour = Airport

I love German!

I like this. German will be my new project.

And yes, that description of Germans completely matches my experience of them. A certain straightness of thought reflected in their behaviour and attitude.

snorrfiets - moped in dutch
literally means snoring bicycle

Between meat - perineum

I had to go to hospital in Austria and was asked to remove my 'chest holder'. Bra is bustenhalter in German. It still cracks me up.

(remembers "Beaches" ....)

The Danish probably use 'meat curtains' as proper medical terminology then.

@TheVanguardSix

On behalf of myself, thank you and all your German-speaking brethren for the joy you all bring.

Best language ever!

I wonder if English was a more literal language I would be a less passive-aggressive person?

Some of my favourites are Stinktier (stink animal... i.e. skunk) and Faultier (lazy animal, i.e. sloth).

Oh, and 'Pferdeäpfel' (i.e. 'horse apples', i.e. manure).

The good old Germans, eh.

Thank you for this thread

I remember years ago someone telling me that the German for "sardine" translated literally as "small fish which lives in a tin".

I bet that was a lie.

And 'Stinkkäse' (i.e. Brie or similar).