If you've ever wanted to find out if German swearing is as mean as it can sound, you have found your book. Including dozens of commonly used swear words and phrases used all across Germany, you will be exposed to an overview of dozens of most common German swear words, examples and light social commentary. This book is a must for any German swearing fan.
The perfect gag gift, this humorous book helps readers navigate the world of real Low German. Scheisse! introduces readers to the fine art of cursing and basic slang to spice up their German speech. If you think you have a fairly good command of German, think again. For it’s a sure bet that Frau Schultz never taught you those nasty little guttural curses and humiliating invectives so expressive of real low German speech. But relax—here at last is the one book that can introduce you to the very worst beer-hall German. Scheisse! is an indispensable guide to off-color German colloquialisms and profanities—lascivious bedroom slang and boozy insults, jeering scatological put-downs and scurrilous ridicule. This hilarious illustrated cornucopia of creative expletives, guaranteed to vex, taunt, aggravate, and provoke as only overwrought low German can, will help you master the fine art of German verbal abuse—with triumphant one-upmanship.
Over 45 whimsical high resolution, professionally printed coloring pages--an adult relaxation coloring book. *Beautiful Images--animals, flowers, and gorgeous scenes. *Delightful Drawings--ranging from EASY to VERY complex. *Incredibly Fun and Relaxing
Learn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they definitely never taught you in German class with this super-handy and hilariously improper English-German phrasebook. You already know enough German to get by, but you want to be able to tell those inside jokes, greet your friends in a laid-back manner, and casually pick someone up at a bar. From “what’s up?” to “Wanna go home with me?” Dirty German will teach you how to speak like you're a regular on the streets of Berlin. But you’ll also discover material that goes beyond a traditional phrasebook, including: Hilarious insults Provocative facts Explicit swear words Themed German cocktails And more! Next time you’re traveling to Germany, pick up this book, drop the textbook formality, and get dirty!
Dirty Word Search Book for Adults that will have you swearing in foreign languages GREAT GIFT UNDER 10 DOLLARS This is not your typical word find book. By the time you are through with it you'll be able to swear in multiple languages. What's more, if you say something with a smile, no one will know you're actually swearing at them! * HUNDREDS of swear words you never heard before and a GLOSSARY to explain their meanings, and because most of them are in foreign languages they will take a little more time to complete. This is great for anyone who is bored with the same old word find puzzles, or how about an activity book for inmates?. * PERFECT GAG GIFT for men or women and all your naughty adult friends. It even makes a great book for people in jail. * ESSENTIAL FOREIGN SWEAR WORDS to expand your vocabulary in Spanish, British, German, Filipino, Gaelic, Russian, Spanish, French, Greek and more. There is even a puzzle with Shakespearian dirty words * RELIEVE STRESS. Studies show that using curse words can be good for you by making you less stressed and more resilient, and even reducing pain. So how much better can it be than to unleash a few expletives in a foreign language? This makes it a perfect book for people in prison. * FUN WAY to pass the time when traveling, waiting at the doctor's office or when you're bored at work and the boss isn't looking SCROLL UP NOW and click the Add to Cart button for a dirty word search book you will love.
Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually find a way to partake in America’s emerging national identity. Instead of thinking about early American culture and literature as evolving continuously as a singular entity, the contributions to this volume conceive of it as an ever-shifting and tangled “web of contact zones.” They present a society with a plurality of different native and colonial cultures interacting not only with one another but also with cultures and traditions from outside the colonies, in a “peculiar mixture” of Old World practices and New World influences. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Rosalind J. Beiler, Patrick M. Erben, Cynthia G. Falk, Marie Basile McDaniel, Philip Otterness, Liam Riordan, Matthias Schönhofer, and Marianne S. Wokeck.
Presents information on a number of obscene words in different languages around the world, offering advice on how and when to use them in foreign countries.
While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and functions of swear words, this contribution redirects the necessary focus onto a sociolinguistics of swearing that puts transgressive practices in non-Western languages into the focus. The transdisciplinary volume contains innovative case studies that address swearing and cursing in parts of the world characterized by consequences of colonialism and increasingly debated inequalities. Turning away from more conventional and established methodologies and theoretical approaches, the book envisages to address transgressive linguistic practices, performances and contexts in Africa, Asia, America and Europe –including individuals' creativity, subversive power and agency. Due to its interdisciplinary and non-mainstream focus, this volume is an essential addition to the field of studies.
Prior to the outbreak of World War II, nearly forty thousand German Catholics were involved in the German Catholic Peace League, a movement that caused many people in various countries to seriously reconsider the dimension of pacifism in their faith. During the course of the War, however, many of these same German Catholics raised no serious objection to serving in Germany's armies or swearing allegiance to Adolph Hitler. First published in 1962, German Catholics and Hitler's Wars created a furor, ultimately causing a serious reevaluation of church-state relationships and, in particular, of the morality of war. This work began as an attempt to understand the demise of the German Catholic Peace League. But because of various factors, including the destruction of vital records, Gordon C. Zahn began to consider the behavior of German Catholics in general and the evidence of their almost total conformity to the war demands of the Nazi regime. Using sociological analysis, he argues convincingly for the existence of a super-effective system of social controls, and of a selection between the competing values of Catholicism and nationalism. Although Zahn never speculates, conclusions are inescapable, chief among them that the traditional Catholic doctrine of the "just war" has ceased to be operative for Catholics in the modern world.
A Frequency Dictionary of German is an invaluable tool for all learners of German, providing a list of the 4,034 most frequently used words in the language. Based on a 4.2 million-word corpus which is evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts, the dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list plus alphabetical and part of speech indexes. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence plus an indication of major register variation. The dictionary also contains twenty-one thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics as well as eleven special vocabulary lists. A Frequency Dictionary of German aims to enable students of all levels to maximize their study of German vocabulary in an efficient and engaging way.
