German Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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sitzprobe n. Eine Separatorchesterprobe, eine Sitzprobe, eine Arrangirprobe mit Klavier, 3 Gesammtproben! [German Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Mar. 2, 2005)

sitzprobe n. When the orchestra is ready, we have what the germans call a Sitzprobe and the Italians a prova all’italiana: The singers sit on the stage and sing their parts, accompanied for the first time by the orchestra, without having to worry about movement or acting. [German Entertainment Music] [full cite] (Mar. 2, 2005)

smalltalken v. But how to explain the Denglish verbs? Smalltalken, brunchen, mailen, floppen, managen, abcoolen and many others? These are not used to save syllables or avoid complexity. They are simply in vogue, whether for better or worse. [English-derived German Germany] [full cite] (Dec. 21, 2004)

spasskultur n. There has been much talk in recent months of the emerging Spasskultur—roughly translatable as “fun ethos,” and not to be confused with Leitkultur. The latter is an undefined mishmash of traditional German values with which, according to some conservative politicians, immigrants should be force-fed. [German Germany] [full cite] (Nov. 26, 2004)

strohlem n. The 18th-century kitchen has a strohlem ceiling that is among the best preserved that team members have seen. Strohlem is the German word for straw and mud, Thomas said. Wooden boards were wrapped in wet straw, then packed in mud. [German Architecture] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2004)

suppebund n. “I still hope it’ll become a kitchen staple the way it is in Europe,” he says, noting that produce markets in Germany offer a popular bundle of celery root, carrots, and onions as a suppebund, or “soup bunch.” [German Food & Drink] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

Verkehrsberuhigung n. Verkehrsberuhigung is German for “traffic calming,” a long-standing European practice of reducing speeding and cut-through traffic by using speed humps, street furniture, wild engineering and other tactics. [German Automobiles & Transportation Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 2, 2004)

Verspargelung der Landschaft n. Hundreds of citizens’ groups have sprung up in Germany to battle “Verspargelung der Landschaft”—a new phrase in the German lexicon—meaning “the transformation of the German landscape into an asparagus field.” [German Food & Drink] [full cite] (May. 5, 2004)

Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen n. They’ve assigned the effort to rid their writing of fogginess a name. It is Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen—that is, “simplified administrative procedures.” [German Germany Business Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2004)

Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen n. Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen sollen ebenfalls zu einem Zulauf an Antragstellern und damit potentiellen Existenzgruendern fuehren. Es bleibt abzuwarten, ob die bisher untaetige Bundesregierung aufgrund dieses Vorstosses der Opposition aus ihrer Lethargie erwacht. [German Germany Business] [full cite] (May. 12, 2004)

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