There’s probably a German compound word for that feeling you get at 2am when you’re single in your mid twenties and the creeping doubt that you’ve somehow missed your only chance at love because you didn’t meet someone in college and now it’s too late
The german word you are looking for is ‘Torschusspanik’
Germans got a word for fucking EVERYTHING.
German is like the dictionary of obscure sorrows
Germany is a place of obscure sorrows
Ein Flirt ist wie eine Tablette: Niemand kann die Nebenwirkung genau voraussagen.
sich niederlegen – to lie down einschlafen – to fall asleep der Traum – dream träumen – to dream der Albtraum – nightmare
sich hin und her wälzen – to toss and turn schnarchen – to snore
aufwachen – to wake up aufstehen – to get up schlaftrunken – drowsy, sleepy (lit. “sleep drunk“) wach – awake
das Schlafzimmer – bedroom das Bett – bed die Couch, das Sofa – couch, sofa das Nachtkästchen, der Nachttisch – nightstand die Nachttischlampe – bedside lamp der Wecker – alarm clock
der Schlafmangel – sleep deprivation die Schlafstörung – sleep disorder die Schlaflosigkeit – insomnia das Schlafwandeln – sleepwalking
My favorite ever pronoun story has to be one of my German professor’s. He fondly remembers being mugged by a gang of teenagers in Dresden, who used Sie (formal you) the entire time.
HAND OVER THE WALLET MY GOOD SIR
Did you know that if you’re being attacked you should yell “let me go” using the formal you because it makes it clear for other people that you don’t know this person
AU where ‘friend’ and ‘boyfriend’/‘girlfriend’ are the same word. imagine how confusing that would be! you would tell somebody about your ‘friend’ but they literally wouldn’t know what your relationship is because……..
oh wait sorry this isn’t an AU. German, I was talking about German. Imagine German.
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