fulelo, to random
@fulelo@journa.host avatar

#BBCNews - #German spying: Two men held over suspected #Russian sabotage plot
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68843541

Cmdr_Halo_Jones, to random

In the 'non EU' queue recently in #German #immigration. The #Gammon in front of me was complaining about how 'they' have a law that would put you in prison for being rude to officials, but they can be rude as they like to you.

He then was insensed that the officer was spending a long time politely detailing to the person in front how to get to Frankfurt, what to see, and generally being a wonderful, welcoming ambassador for Germany.

You bring your prejudices with you. #FuckBrexit

daniel, to random German
@daniel@masto.doserver.top avatar

So... I think I am safe to announce I have been trying to learn

I am not very good (yet), but I am trying my best. I may write a blog post on my approach to this at somepoint 😉

Does anyone have any recommendations on German speaking folks to follow? ( )

LALegault, to random
@LALegault@newsie.social avatar

This resolution deems “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” antisemitic. #uspol

Land of the free?

LALegault,
@LALegault@newsie.social avatar

German courts found the same thing:

Two #German courts say pro-Palestinian slogans 'legal', after solidarity group wins case

https://www.newarab.com/news/germany-two-courts-say-pro-palestinian-slogans-legal

amalia12, to random
@amalia12@mastodon.social avatar

Funny #German expressions with food and their meaning

Saftladen (juice shop) – an utterly bad place (not necessarily a shop)

Kabelsalat (cable salad) – chaotically entangled cables

Das ist mir Wurst. (This is sausage to me.) – I don’t care at all.

Hanswurst (Hans sausage) – derogatory, a hilarious or embarassing person

So ein Käse. (Such a cheese.) – This is bullshit.

Käsefüße (cheese feet) – Smelly or dirty feet

mezz, to VideoGames
@mezz@mstdn.games avatar

Fellow speakers who play and talk about in german. I'm in the process of translating a mod right now and I think I need some opinions.

Would you translate "host" (as in someone who hosts a lobby or server) as "Gastgeber" or does it sound "too german"? Is "host" enough of a common word that you wouldn't question it in a german sentence?

linguistgoneforeign, to languagelearning
@linguistgoneforeign@mastodon.social avatar

Ich sitze im Krankenhaus neben zwei Jungen (ca. 20), die sich offenbar gegenseitig die Köpfe eingeschlagen haben.

Das Gespräch:

  • Jo, Digga
  • Was, Digga
  • Was heißt HNO, Digga
  • Hals-Nasen-Ohr, Digga

I call this species "The Digga Bro".


smaurizi, to random
@smaurizi@mastodon.social avatar
faraiwe, to techno
@faraiwe@mastodon.social avatar

Me, deceased DED

#german #techno

video/mp4

thatmanmatt, to random
@thatmanmatt@toottoot.eu avatar

Is there any other language in the world that on-the-regular allows triple-consonants?

z.B.: triple-f in Binnenschifffahrtsstraße

#German

TexasObserver, to news
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

Previously: At Abbott's sprawling (and costly) #border base, National Guard soldiers deployed in Eagle Pass will enjoy “chef-driven meals,” a fitness center, a lounge, a sand volleyball court, and an arcade. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-border-military-base-millions/

#news #politics #USpol #Immigration #Mexico #Texas #GregAbbott #corruption #Republicans

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@TexasObserver

#USpol

s/: #GreggAbbot builds recreation center on #Texan border.

This will surely be an effective kind of demarketing for would-be "immigrantion into the national social-security system,"/s as the new #German fascist party (#NoAfD) would call it nowadays.

Peternimmo, to Trains
@Peternimmo@mastodon.scot avatar

The between and is to end this summer, after 96 years. railways () wanted service to continue, but their partner () no longer seem interested. Hard to believe that the is interested in more long distance, , when stuff like this is allowed to happen
https://www.20min.ch/story/zugverbindung-eingestellt-im-juli-rollt-der-letzte-ice-von-amsterdam-nach-basel-103083341

Kaskich, to HipHop
@Kaskich@mastodon.social avatar

When I posted a link to the brand new song of #german #hiphop crew #antilopengang where they denounce the #woke #antisemitism and the lack of empathy for the #jewish victims raped, tortured and abused by #hamas the admin gave me 24 hours to leave musicians.today. So here I am - still horrified by the cowardice of the admin of my old instance and disillusioned about the culture of debate on #mastodon . Hope it will be better here on mastodon.social .

AnnaAnthro, to random
@AnnaAnthro@mastodon.social avatar
Kaskich, to HipHop German

So let’s check out if the moderators of musicians.today will cancel this post, too.
Brand new song of #German #HipHop Crew #AntilopenGang about the #woke #antisemitism of so-called progressives

https://youtu.be/-QbQWtYe194?feature=shared

#freegazafromhamas #israel #gaza #hamas

ZhiZhu, to Palestine
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar

"How does it feel to be a war-crimes reporter whose family bankrolled a nation that’s committing war crimes?

I can tell you.

I covered the genocide in Bosnia for The Post, wrote a book about it, and reported from Iraq & Afghanistan, among other conflict-ridden countries. Also, my ancestors were key funders of Jewish immigration to British-controlled Palestine."

https://wapo.st/3TUjTtp
(Click on link)

ZhiZhu,
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar

"My #Jewish identity was always a bit vague because my ancestors were #German #Jews who assimilated at the speed of cultural sound...

I began to feel more Jewish while covering the #genocide of Bosnia’s #Muslims. What Levin points to — the defense of #Palestinians increasingly being an act of Jewish identity, particularly for younger Jews — feels right for me, too."
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3TUjTtp

#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #News #WorldNews

rml, (edited ) to Israel

Ever since its inception by means of ethnic cleansing, has remained by far the most dangerous place on Earth for to live, at least insofar as the Zionist settler-colony remains in tact (I will literally immigrate to the State of Palestine when its dismantled, the sooner the better). insistence that without colonizing we're in danger of another is the most pernicious veiled threat I can imagine to come from those who committed some of the worst crimes in all of human history against us.

tness16, to Germany French
@tness16@mastodon.social avatar

Hundreds of Risk Dismissal Over ‘ ’ Views
Members of the German police force who are suspected of holding opinions deemed unacceptable by Interior Nancy and her allies risk having their employment terminated under a new law.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/hundreds-of-german-police-risk-dismissal-over-extremist-views/

GoldenRetrieverGF, to Korean

So this is partially at people that think language doesn't change but also just really cool. I learned recently that R's in english are slowly disappearing. It's especially prominant in American English. R's are increasingly unpronounced.

It makes pronouncing German for English speakers very difficult. So I have been partially rolling my 'r's like a spanish rr as a crutch as I relearn to pronounce r's.

You know what's also really cool? the i in the personal pronoun "ich" in German is empty. You are not pronoucning the i you are pronouncing an empty vowel. It's also what makes German sound so choppy compared to Dutch. Every single space in German is this unpronounced vowel.

Isn't that cool? And proof that language changes constantly even if purists like to pretend it doesn't? It's one of the defining factors that differentiates British English and American English speakers. Weak rs!

#language #learning #german #english

grmpyprogrammer, to random
@grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social avatar

I think my apathy towards a immaculately groomed lawn is making my neighbours not like me. Especially the one who cuts their lawn every three days during the summer. 🤷‍♂️

haroha,

@grmpyprogrammer and I thought, we germans were the masters of lawn shaving 😂 During summertime the lawn mowers wake you up in the morning and sing you to sleep in the night (okay, I might be exaggerating a bit 😏. But not by much). I don't care that much as long as it's sorta green outside. I can't help shaking my head when I see an overly groomed front yard with burnt gras on it, because people cut way to short. Gets me every time... #german #Rasenpflege

Sherifazuhur, to Israel
@Sherifazuhur@sfba.social avatar
prma, to random
@prma@fosstodon.org avatar

Any one here know of any good resource that could help me get grip on genders in German?

Memorizing is sort of my kryptonite, so the more comprehensive and thorough, the better!

courtcan, to random
@courtcan@mastodon.social avatar

Odd observation and the first of :

Via reading about the theremin, I reached Wikipedia's page about the Sorbs. Out of curiosity I started reading it. Then I thought I'd rather read it in . So I went to the German Wikipedia page about the Sorben and read for a while.

When I was finished, it occurred to me that there are some subjects I prefer reading about in German vs. English. It depends on my original context for those subjects.

1/2

BerLinguistin, to linguistics
@BerLinguistin@mas.to avatar

Looking for literature on German in the Netherlands for a sociolinguistics class next semester!
I'm especially interested the German-speaking communities abroad (who is part of it, what languages do they speak) & language ideologies around German in the Dutch context. Thanks! ☺️

#German #Dutch #Linguistics #Languages #Academia #Teaching

jdmccafferty, to random
@jdmccafferty@mastodon.online avatar

Pendant with a perky cupid c. 1550-1600 (Rijksmuseum) #German

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