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German Words to Avoid - E

Inappropriate, Offensive, or Vulgar Words

A Special Slang Dictionary

An annotated German-English Glossary
of “bad” Words and Expressions

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ACHTUNG! WARNING! Some people may find the words and expressions in this German glossary objectionable. This is a special glossary of slang words and other expressions in German that need to be used with caution—or simply avoided.

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die Eichel  glans, tip of penis

die Eier (pl.)  balls, nuts (lit. eggs)

einhandsegeln (teen slang)  to jerk off, wank, spank the monkey

einparken (teen slang)  to have sex, get laid, bang

erogene Zone (-n)  erogenous zone

das Eros-Center  sex shop

die Erotik  eroticism

die Erotika  erotica (literature)

erotisch  erotic

der Erotomane  sex maniac

die Erotomanie  sex mania, erotomania (psychol.)

die Erotomannin  nymphomaniac

erregbar  easily aroused (sexually); excitable, sensitive

erregen  to arouse (sexually or not)

erregt  aroused (sexually or not)

die Erregtheit  arousal (sexual or not)

die Erregung  arousal, arousing (sexual or not)

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