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dk1986
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"Wochenende" has stormed up my chart lately. :)
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Report sofiakenny • November 16, 2009 9:44 AM GMT
hande hoche Tommy!..achtung achtung!..donner und blitzen..schnell schnel...raus raus!...schweinhund...kamerad kamerad.
Report Stan2 • November 16, 2009 9:48 AM GMT
Fotze
Report .¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> • November 16, 2009 9:50 AM GMT
Kuntz
Report ROCKIN HORSE • November 16, 2009 9:50 AM GMT
schadenfreude
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Report RockMonkey • November 16, 2009 9:50 AM GMT
Kugelschreiber
Report everythings gone green • November 16, 2009 9:50 AM GMT
schadenfreude
Report everythings gone green • November 16, 2009 9:51 AM GMT
FFS
Report jimmy69 • November 16, 2009 9:51 AM GMT
Schmetterling...
Report Mavis "Hacksaw" Handbag • November 16, 2009 9:51 AM GMT
Hitler
Report cdog • November 16, 2009 9:51 AM GMT
zeitgeist
Report ROCKIN HORSE • November 16, 2009 9:53 AM GMT
HAHAHAHAHAHA Everything's Gone Green
Report JORDI • November 16, 2009 9:54 AM GMT
MANSHAFTE
Report RoyClaytonsTash • November 16, 2009 9:54 AM GMT
Glucklich
Report DublinSlim1 • November 16, 2009 9:54 AM GMT
A friend of mine used to own a horse called Da Schadenfreude... I used to love it when it got beat, cost him a fortune :)
Report alun2005 • November 16, 2009 9:59 AM GMT
Verkehrsampel



Steffi Graf
Report Yojimbo • November 16, 2009 10:01 AM GMT
'fotokopieren', for me.

They also have a single word for windscreen wiper motor washer spare part, but I forget it.
Report boggle • November 16, 2009 10:06 AM GMT
'Fussgängerüberführung'

(footbridge)
Report richardf • November 16, 2009 10:07 AM GMT
Luftkissenboot................(hovercraft!)
Report Ibrahima Sonko • November 16, 2009 10:09 AM GMT
Uzi
Report dk1986 • November 16, 2009 10:09 AM GMT
Good words imo. "Meerschweinchen" falling down the pecking order as we type. :0
Report V4 Vendetta • November 16, 2009 11:17 AM GMT
I like "Krankenversicherungsbescheinigung" (or E111 in English)
Report Nirvana • November 16, 2009 11:21 AM GMT
One we learnt at school: Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkung (speed limit).
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 11:22 AM GMT
Knoblauch - garlic

Der Durchfall - diarrhoea (literal translation 'fallthrough')

Kinderlähmung - Infantile Paralysis / Polio

Can still remember German A level back in 1983!
Report V4 Vendetta • November 16, 2009 11:23 AM GMT
Ich mag auch Knoblauch - das Essen und das Wort.
Report Nirvana • November 16, 2009 11:23 AM GMT
Schweinhund a shocking omission.
Report DublinSlim1 • November 16, 2009 11:28 AM GMT
kuntz
Report HH Sultan Vinegar • November 16, 2009 11:40 AM GMT
gefarlich.
Report Bamboo • November 16, 2009 11:49 AM GMT
Gartenliege = sunbed
Report Ovalman. • November 16, 2009 11:49 AM GMT
Leifbraumilch
Report JackBaeur • November 16, 2009 11:50 AM GMT
bratwurst (NB)
Report HH Sultan Vinegar • November 16, 2009 11:52 AM GMT
Mein luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale!
Report Bamboo • November 16, 2009 11:53 AM GMT
sandals & socks = sandalen & socken
Report oddduck • November 16, 2009 11:53 AM GMT
lecker schmecker
Report Manchester Untied Dave • November 16, 2009 11:53 AM GMT
Juliehesmondhalgh
Report Slippy Blue • November 16, 2009 12:00 PM GMT
Doppelgänger
Report khyber kim • November 16, 2009 12:01 PM GMT
Up Periscope
Report mr milk • November 16, 2009 12:04 PM GMT
kunst a shocking omission
Report HH Sultan Vinegar • November 16, 2009 12:04 PM GMT
"Achtung Schpitfeur"
Report Randolph Scott • November 16, 2009 12:26 PM GMT
Farter
Report ROCKIN HORSE • November 16, 2009 12:30 PM GMT
lederhosen
Report dk1986 • November 16, 2009 12:30 PM GMT
Everyone's got a favourite German word. :D
Report Jimbo747 • November 16, 2009 12:43 PM GMT
Not sure if I've spelt it correctly, but

Ausfahrt - means exit I think.
Report Jimbo747 • November 16, 2009 12:44 PM GMT
oh and, shnell!!!! Schell!!!!
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 12:54 PM GMT
Donau­dampfschiffahrts­elektrizitäten­haupt­betriebs­werkbau­unterbea...
Report billy hill • November 16, 2009 12:56 PM GMT
bier
Report YORKYPETE. • November 16, 2009 1:14 PM GMT
SCHITZENHAUS = TOILET
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 1:20 PM GMT
Knoblauch - garlic

Der Durchfall - diarrhoea (literal translation 'fallthrough')

Kinderlähmung - Infantile Paralysis / Polio

Can still remember German A level back in 1983!

And carrying on the medical theme, I always liked the word die Verstupfung, which I think means 'constipation'.
Report dk1986 • November 16, 2009 1:22 PM GMT
JOCI Club 16 Nov 13:54
Donau dampfschiffahrts elektrizitäten haupt betriebs werkbau unterbeamten gesellschaft


What's that in Englisch?
Report bobby2424 • November 16, 2009 1:28 PM GMT
eine was für Last des Misten ? :D
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 1:28 PM GMT
Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services
Report dk1986 • November 16, 2009 1:38 PM GMT
Sehr gut. :D
Report Petrus Romanus • November 16, 2009 1:46 PM GMT
Kuntz for me. Cheers.
Report curious-cat • November 16, 2009 1:47 PM GMT
scwarzmann
Report curious-cat • November 16, 2009 1:47 PM GMT
schwarzmann
Report curious-cat • November 16, 2009 1:48 PM GMT
followed by swearenfuhrer
Report Platini • November 16, 2009 1:49 PM GMT
strumpfhosen
Report curious-cat • November 16, 2009 1:50 PM GMT
JOCI Club 16 Nov 14:20

And carrying on the medical theme, I always liked the word die Verstupfung, which I think means 'constipation'.

surely it's stoppenschitzen :0
Report brentford boot boy • November 16, 2009 1:58 PM GMT
karl-heinz rummenigge
Report MANIC PREACHER • November 16, 2009 2:22 PM GMT
Achtung
Report dambuster • November 16, 2009 2:25 PM GMT
FLUGZEUG..
Report Yojimbo • November 16, 2009 2:47 PM GMT
Kartoffelkopf
Report screaming from beneaththewaves • November 16, 2009 3:12 PM GMT
Meisenknoedel - t1t dumplings - i.e dumplings which one hangs in the garden for the hungry teets in ze vinter.
Report HH Sultan Vinegar • November 16, 2009 3:13 PM GMT
F U N E X N M ?
Report MRGRUMPY1 • November 16, 2009 3:20 PM GMT
bustenholten
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 3:22 PM GMT
Busenhalter maybe?
Report The Magic Flea • November 16, 2009 3:25 PM GMT
2 words, but Gute Fahrt has me giggling like a lass
Report MRGRUMPY1 • November 16, 2009 3:32 PM GMT
bustenhalter even
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 3:41 PM GMT
Büstenhalter even.

Think Busenhalter is also used. Any German nationals able to confirm?
Report boggle • November 16, 2009 3:42 PM GMT
verboten
Report screaming from beneaththewaves • November 16, 2009 4:21 PM GMT
Busenhalter (bosom holder) exists only in the world of Benny Hill unfortunately. I suppose it could be a legal term meaning the person who holds (i.e. owns, has possession of) the bosom.

Buestenhalter (bust holders) are what German ladies actually fill, and here's the proof: http://www.buestenhalter.com/germany/
Report paradox and equilibrium • November 16, 2009 4:25 PM GMT
Schwartzwalderkirshentorte Yum!
Report lordnoise • November 16, 2009 4:46 PM GMT
I always thought Disselstopemflappin was Benny Hill**for a bra.
Report lordnoise • November 16, 2009 4:47 PM GMT
****** = kr@ut. For goodness sake Betfair ...
Report Tevez is God • November 16, 2009 5:25 PM GMT
steckenpferde
Report ave,it • November 16, 2009 5:27 PM GMT
zee fokkers
Report antmanbee • November 16, 2009 8:05 PM GMT
zugzwang
Report TheRankingMissP • November 16, 2009 8:40 PM GMT
Quatsch.
Report JOCI Club • November 16, 2009 8:40 PM GMT
rubbish
Report Discipline87 • November 16, 2009 8:52 PM GMT
Fremdschämen
Report SuperSuperShire • November 16, 2009 10:35 PM GMT
zweiundzwanzig
Report brendanuk1 • November 16, 2009 10:47 PM GMT
Habseligkeiten
Report TheRankingMissP • November 16, 2009 10:50 PM GMT
That's a beautiful word.
Report edhall67 • November 16, 2009 10:52 PM GMT
Flaschenwerfern

"Bottle chuckers" (as in football riots....)
Report positively4thsteet • November 16, 2009 10:54 PM GMT
jugendherbergen

15 letters. 3 fingers. will never be beaten imo.
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