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Derogatory German Slang Terms for Various Groups
Some Germans, Austrians, and Swiss, particularly members of right-wing (rechtsextreme), neo-Nazi, or other hate groups, express their dislike of foreigners and other "enemy" categories (leftists, women, gays) with derogatory German slang terms like those shown below. But also see how Germans and others are taking steps to fight discrimination, prejudice, and right-wing tendencies in their country, via the Web links at the bottom of this page.
Ausländer (Foreigners)
Bimbos Africans, Kanacken/Kanaken Turks, other foreigners, Kameltreiber dirty Arabs/Turks, Drecksneger/Neger nig--rs, Africans, Fidschis gooks, Vietnamese, Makkaronis/Itaker dagos, wops, Italians, Polacken Poles, polacks, Parasiten parasites, Asylbetrüger asylum-seeker frauds
Typical German right-wing slogan: “Ich bin stolz, ein Deutscher zu sein.” (I'm proud to be a German.) - While in many countries, such a statement might be considered normal and patriotic, in Germany it has overtones going back to the Nazi era.
WEB > Xenophobie - Wikipedia
Behinderte (The Disabled)
Krüppel cripples, Spasten spases, Unwerte unworthy
Frauen (Women)
alte Hexe bitch ("old witch"), s Frauenzimmer (dated) broad, woman, Miezen young broads, chicks, s Miststück bitch, bastard, Weiber broads, dames, s Weibstück bitch, cow, e Schlampe slut, e Zicke broad, bitch, cow ("nanny goat"), zickig bitchy, e Ziege broad, bitch ("goat") - See the main glossary for more terms in this topic.
Homosexuelle, Schwule (Gays)
Abartige deviants, abnormals; e Tunte fairy, queer, e Schwuchtel queen, (ein) warmer Bruder (a) homosexual, gay man (lit. "warm brother") - See the main glossary for more terms in this topic, including lesbians.
Juden (Jews)
Unarische non-Aryans
Vertreter der Wirtschaft (Business People)
Kapital- und Politbonzen capitalistic and political fat-cats, Jüdisch-kapitalistische Weltverschwörung Jewish-capitalistic world conspiracy
Linke (Leftists)
Undeutsche un-Germans, Rotfaschisten red fascists, Humanisten humanists, Sozis socialists, Autonome autonomists, independents, Anarchos anarchists, Zecken ticks, blood-suckers
Rechte (Rightists)
Faschos fascists, Glatzen skinheads ("baldies"), Neonazis neo-Nazis, Rechtsextremisten extreme right-wingers, Skinheads skinheads
WEB > Neonazi - Wikipedia
Polizei und Staat (Police and State)
Unrechtssystem unjustice system
Subkulturen (Subcultures, e.g., Punks, Goths, etc.)
Dekadente decadents, Asseln/Assis/Asoziale asocials, Gutmenschen religious do-gooders, Unterrassen sub-races
Personen, die sich für Ausländer einsetzen und sich für den Respekt vor fremden Kulturen engagieren (People active on behalf of foreigners and respect for foreigners)
Volksschädlinge pests harmful to the people, Multi-Kulti-Kaffer multi-cultural thickheads
Adapted from: Tolerantes Brandenburg - "Das Handlungskonzept Tolerantes Brandenburg der Landesregierung wurde im Jahre 1998 beschlossen und dient seitdem als Leitbild für die Auseinandersetzung mit rechtextremistischen und fremdenfeindlichen Übergriffen."
FIGHTING PREJUDICE AND EXTREMISM on the Web
German Antidiscrimination Sites
Löster Online - gegen Vorurteile
Against prejudice and racism: Ausländer in Deutschland (foreigners in Germany) - "Das Land, das die Fremden nicht beschützt, geht bald unter." - Goethe.
Tatsachen gegen Vorurteile
Von der Kantone Basel (Switzerland).
Netz gegen Rechtsextremismus
A German Web site fighting against right-wing extremism.
Web-Gegen-Rechts
Another German site against the spread of neo-Nazi ideas on the Web. In German.
Gothics gegen Rechts
"Auf diesen Webseiten werden Informationen zu dem Thema "rechte Tendenzen" in der Gothic-Musikszene geliefert. Nach dem Massaker an einer amerikanischen Schule im April 1999 rückte die Gothic-Szene kurzzeitig in den Mittelpunkt des Medieninteresse."
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