15 GENIUS German words that are MISSING in English! | Feli from Germany

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Honey cake horse, ass violin, or cable salad?! 😅 These are only a few of many—in my opinion—genius German words 🇩🇪 that I really miss in English! 🇺🇸 They describe certain things so perfectly and with a touch of humor that I sometimes can't resist and just literally translate them into English and use them in my sentences—leaving the people around me pretty confused usually. 🤷‍♀️😂 Maybe we can establish these words in the English language together so that I won't be the only weirdo using them in the future? 😁 Let me know which of these words is your favorite in the comments below! ⬇️

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[FelifromGermany]

GUYS! I need your HELP establishing these amazing German words into English so that, in the future, I won't be the only weirdo using them! 😅 Let me know which of these words is your favorite in the comments below! ⬇️

[chrisa]

Englishman living in Germany here. I've managed to introduce my family to the amazingly useful German word "jein". That's a word we need in English!!!

[pantheroathz]

, ,Doch" is the most important you need
❤️🇩🇪

[K__a__M__I]

I want "Holla the wood fairy!" to make a comeback...

[burcinmaul]

Mein Arbeitskollege wollte seiner Amerikanischen Frau mal erzählen, dass er einen Muskelkater vom arbeiten hat und hat gesagt:"I have a muscle cat"
Ich hab vorher noch nie so gelacht😂😂

[jeanpilgrim]

"doch" is the best word ever and i stand by that! :D

[Jennes]

My favorite "donkeybridge" is: "he, she, it - das 's' muss mit" 😂

[Megan]

I took German as my language credit at university. I always loved how German words just made sense. So many times I would learn a new word and think "well of course that's what it is".

[christab]

I thought for sure Hamsterkauf (hamster shopping) would be in the list! It was such a relevant word in 2020.

[tinytinky]

My husband once wrote in an English test "All holy times..." for "only once in a blue moon" and his teacher answered "You are on the wood way."

[JC-zpcy]

I'm American but I learned the word "sitzfleisch" years ago and it has since been one of my favorite words. We need it in English!

[sschmidtevalue]

I love Kabelsalat as a word! As an amateur audio/sound engineer, I've dealt with a lot of cable salads over the years.

[michaelginever]

Ear-worm in English has become a thing and you're right, it is the perfect description of both such a song and the phenomenon of it being stuck in your head.

[holgermai]

Bitte mach doch einen zweiten Teil. Mir fehlt noch die eierlegende Wollmilchsau.

[cheleya]

My favourite one is "Geborgenheit", it's one of the best feelings you can have - it's a mixture of feeling loved, safe and comfortable, mostly a feeling a loved person can make you feel, so you'd say something like "my boyfriend makes me feel so "geborgen"". 🥰

[karinbirkenbihl]

I just used the word Augenschmaus, literally an eye-feast. It's cute, isn't it? 😻

[benulfers]

Ear worm is DEFINITELY a thing in English. The minute you said I was like wait that IS a word in English. It even has a Wikipedia page.

[robertwiessler]

"Eine Schnapsidee" startet nicht selten mit den Worten "Halt mal mein Bier"^^

[danielwaas]

"The Germans do not have a word, which means 'the opposite of what you just said in actually correct'."
"Doch"

[kira_strigoi]

Every Time i hear some german words translated literally, i notice how weird our language is xD