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?

@Crackerofdoom

Something in that, I think.

Is Hamstern (to stockpile) a word in German also?

And 'am Arsch der Welt' ('the back of beyond' - English is so much more decorous ).

German is very literal and can be so funny. Breast warts! Gave me giggles

My toddler calls mine 'boobie belly buttons'

trampeltier - stompy animal= camel

....Are German nipples in zer Wurst?????

My fave is hovercraft: Luftkissenfahrzeug

As in Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale.

www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm

And 'am Arsch der Welt' ('the back of beyond' - English is so much more decorous).

Arse end of nowhere ?

Cabbage = Kohl
Cauliflower = Blumenkohl = flower cabbage
Brussels sprout = Rosenkohl = rose cabbage.

I know someone who went to buy a cauliflower at a market stall and came out with 1 brussels sprout .

Diddl, yes, we call it Hamsterkäufe, buying hamsters, it refers to how a hamster stores food in its pouches.

How about Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän?

Danube Steamship Co. Captain

My toddler calls mine 'boobie belly buttons' A native German speaker, your toddler. And you didn't even know it!

Hands down, one of the most splendid German words is Dudelsackpfeifer! It is the Benny Hill of German words. It means bagpipe player. I seem to have a thing for words with 'pfeif' in them.

I like the nuances languages can bring ... doesn't German have two different words for "coincidence", where one is "coincidence" (literal) and the other "coincidence" (raised eyebrow ...) ?

zufall is one.

Hast du meine neue Trabant gesehen?

Not much memory left from German language lessons 30 years ago.
Thank you OP, cheered me up a bit ( and all subsequent posters, thanks for all contributions)

German isy favourite language for this reason.

I like Sumpfschildkröte the best. It means terrapin and the literal translation is swamp, shelled toad.

Stinkkäse is definitely not Brie.

There is this lovely TED talk "How learning German taught me the link between maths and ...."

Oh and Backpfeifengesicht: slightly old fashioned and mostly lighthearted word used for boys who looked as if they had been up to no good or faces like that - at least in my area.

Douglas Adams used the word 'brickable face' for a face you want to hit with a brick - that would be 'ein Gesicht (slight pause) zum Reinschlagen, but I do not know how it was translated into German.

Faultier (lazy animal, i.e. sloth)

To be fair, 'sloth' does mean 'laziness' in English as well.

Icelandic is similarly literal - we have lots that are the same as other Germanic languages mentioned here. Except nipple is spear-wart

It's worth adding here that the French for cauliflower is 'chou fleur', i.e. cabbage flower - see also 'choucroute'.

Now I know that bagpipes are a Dudelsack (yodel sack) however, I may have to find myself and my breast warts unreasonable...

Thank you so much for the giggle OP!

I love the Danish words for grandparents
Mormor (mum mum) Morfar (mum dad) Farmor (dad mum) Farfar (dad dad)

Way back in the day I learned that the Russian for 'animal' was zhivortnoye (badly transliterated!)

This apparently means 'little tummies'.

I really like that.

A lot of the german describing words also exist in Danish

e.g.
støvsuge - dust sucker - vacuum cleaner
underkop - under cup - saucer

I love the french for toes. Pied doight 'foot fingers'. Sorry for spelling it's been a long time since primary school.

These are brilliant!

This is a great thread and I don't know why Dudelsack has tickled me so much, but I really needed that! Thanks OP