German Words

[Xard]

Die Angst

 

And I'm talking about it in Freudian affiliation. What a great, awesome word!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...Until teenagers and emos ruined everything.

[Guest Accept]

Um.

 

 

On the history lesson a couple of months ago i learned that "Arbeit Macht Frei" (It was those words who where written at the main gate of Auschwitz) means something like "Work gives freedom". That's some words with an terrible background, tho. :/

 

 

 

And yeah, "Schnell!" means "Hurry!" :D

 

 

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But nah, i prefers Spanish. ^_^

 

Me gusta hablar espanol!

Edited April 24, 2007 by Accept

[Morgoth]

Do hott on'oa vergessn des Dirl zua z'mochn! Necroposting mit sehr regen Zua'st

[Xard]

I like word Lied which means "song" a lot too

 

Literal translation to "Arbeit macht frei" is "work makes [you] free".

 

Too bad during all my numerous years of studying german I've been doing everything except trying to learn the damn language

[Walsingham]

I must confess that I was thinking the other day that 'works makes you free' is a scientific truism, and uite good general advice. But also that the grotesque associations it holds means that I doubt I wil be making it my sig any time soon. Hardly very considerate.

[Morgoth]

I wonder if people ever learn non-WW2 Nazi stuff in their German history courses.

[Xard]

I wonder if people ever learn non-WW2 Nazi stuff in their German history courses.

 

If you're talking about rise of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei and Hitler to power, then yes. At least in Finland whole "thing" about Germany from end of WWI to WWII is teached, reasons that led to NSDAP's rise to power, economic collapse in twenties etc. then yes

 

If you're talking about something completely different, no

[Guest Accept]

The one and only thing we've learnt about Germany in school over here is about WWII, and the holocaust.

 

And with that reading stuffs like "One day in Auschwitz" and other similiar stories.

 

And we even had a visist from a former nazi, who told us all about how cruel and corrupted his lifes been.

Edited April 24, 2007 by Accept

[Morgoth]

Too bad. I think it should be better to teach generally the turbulent era from mid 19h century up to WW2 about Middle and Eastern Europe to get a better understanding how and why things stand today.

 

But yeah....HALT! ACHTUNG! Whatever....

[Guest Accept]

But yeah....HALT! ACHTUNG! Whatever....

Ah, yes.

 

Achtung = Warning.

 

Some Swedish words actually are quite influenced by the german word of the same thing, so a bit of the language actually is quite easy for, well, atleast for me, to understand.

[Morgoth]

But I always thought history lessons are dry and cold anyway...you only learn numbers and some biased superficial stuff. That's why I'm currently reading some books from Stefan Zweig, Jospeh Roth, Arthur Schnitzler and (for some fun) Franz Kafka, people who lived around that time period of ~1880 up to the Nazi talkeover of Europe to get a better sensibility from a human perspective.

[Morgoth]

But yeah....HALT! ACHTUNG! Whatever....

Ah, yes.

 

Achtung = Warning.

 

Some Swedish words actually are quite influenced by the german word of the same thing, so a bit of the language actually is quite easy for, well, atleast for me, to understand.

Well, the Scandinavian languages belong to the Germanic group, so...duh.

[kirottu]

Not all Scandinavian languages belong to the germanic group.

[metadigital]

But I always thought history lessons are dry and cold anyway...you only learn numbers and some biased superficial stuff. That's why I'm currently reading some books from Stefan Zweig, Jospeh Roth, Arthur Schnitzler and (for some fun) Franz Kafka, people who lived around that time period of ~1880 up to the Nazi talkeover of Europe to get a better sensibility from a human perspective.

No, that's just BAD teaching, generally.

 

Not all Scandinavian languages belong to the germanic group.

Stand up and be counted, Finnish sons and daughters!

[Pop]

Useful German phrases for today:

 

Meine beutelmaus hat verstopfung.

-- My wombat is constipated.

 

Herr Wachmeister, wo befindet sich das Kinderporno?

-- Officer, where can I find the child pornography?

 

Ein Elfe ist in meinen After eingezogen.

-- An elf has moved into my anus.

 

I love you, joescafe.com

[Tigranes]

Back when I was in high school (New Zealand), the only time we ever learned about Germany was WWII / Hitler's Rise to Power. The teacher would ask questions such as "Why was Hitler such a monster" and "Could they have done more to stop him?" and "Who suffered the most from Hitler's actions?"

 

Of course, when I suggested that obviously the Germans tolerated Hitler for so long not just because they were "all brainwashed" but because they admired some of what Hitler did, i.e. initial economic rejuvenation or national pride, the teacher didn't care - and more importantly, all the students looked aghast. Thus do we perpetuate ignorance, and I argue that not understanding properly is just as bad as purposeful manipulation of history, like that of the Japanese about WWII history.

 

oh, Kinderporno is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[metadigital]

Martin Luther, his 95 Theses, and the Reformation. Also, the German people regard Charlemagne as a German.

[Rosbjerg]

Ich wohne im ein beiberhaus mit schweiglass fenster..

[Xard]

Too bad. I think it should be better to teach generally the turbulent era from mid 19h century up to WW2 about Middle and Eastern Europe to get a better understanding how and why things stand today.

 

My history teachers has always been much above average and I've read a lot of history (and still read) so I don't know if my take on subject is somewhat "false", but IMO we learn in finnish schools all you must to understand why Hitler's cause became success. If you're willing to learn that is.

 

Of course, there wasn't Germany ( in way it's talked about nowadays) before Bismarck so "complete" history is not that big

[Fenghuang]

I thought Ender was back when I saw this. :'(

[Rosbjerg]

I thought Ender was back when I saw this. :'(

 

yeah so did I..

[Musopticon?]

Also, the German people regard Charlemagne as a German.

Well, what else is he? Definetly not French.

[Deraldin]

I thought Ender was back when I saw this. :'(

 

yeah so did I..

 

Well at least I wasn't alone.

[Tigranes]

What the frack happened to him anyway?

[Deraldin]

What the frack happened to him anyway?

 

I think he got pissed off by some of the members and left.