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| German Words of the Week Week of July 28 - August 3 Montag >  LISTEN (Audio soon!)noch und nöcher (inform./hum.) on and on, tons and tons of, loads/heaps of, any number of Leider fand er Fehler noch und nöcher. Unfortunately, he found tons and tons of mistakes. Wir können Ihnen Beispiele noch und nöcher geben. We can give you any number of examples. Dienstag > LISTEN (Audio soon!)etwas zweckentfremden to repurpose something, put something to a use other than originally intended Meteorologen der University of Hawaii haben das globale GPS-System zweckentfremdet: für die genauere Vorhersage von Blitzschlägen. Meteorologists at the University of Hawaii have repurposed the global GPS system to more precisely predict lightning strikes. Mittwoch > LISTEN (Audio soon!)die Phrase (Phrasen) phrase; cliché; empty/hollow words (pl.) Das sind alles nur (leere) Phrasen. That's just so many (empty) words. Dieser Autor drescht nur Phrasen. This author only turns out one cliché after another. Donnerstag > LISTEN (Audio soon!)der Quark curd cheese, quark (cheese); nonsense, rubbish; trifle, piddling detail das Quark (Quarks) quark (physics) Getretener Quark wird breit, nicht stark. (Sprichwort) Quality over quantity. (saying) Also see: Confusing German Words Freitag > LISTEN (Audio soon!)der Mist dung, manure; nonsense, rubbish, rot So ein Mist! Darn it! Blast it! Damn! Das ist nicht auf seinem Mist gewachsen. He didn't think that up (all) by himself. Also see: False Friends Samstag > LISTEN (Audio soon!)die Ordnung (Ordnungen) order, ordering; routine; rules EU-Kommissar kämpft für Recht und Ordnung im Netz. (Schlagzeile) EU commissioner fights for law and order on the Net. (headline) Sie kann das in Ordnung bringen. She can fix that/put it in order/sort that out. Sonntag > LISTEN (Audio soon!)der Panzer (Panzer) tank (mil.); armor, suit of armor; armor plate; shell (turtle); shield Die deutschen Panzer waren sehr schnell. The German tanks were very fast. Von ihm bekamen wir nur einen Panzer der Gleichgültigkeit.... From him we got only a wall of indifference. |
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