I still can’t figure out what “ich eil” means or even what language it is
Ich iel is a german acronym for “meirl”
I’ve been doing German on Duolingo for over a year and I can get about 20% of the content they post, so I’m pretty happy to have an actual use for the work I put in.
Good choice. Nobody who speaks German could be an evil man.
As a side benefit, you will also be able to converse with Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, and Robert Terwilliger.
Oh, I didn’t know Kim Jong- un can speak German
I bet he speaks it like the same he doesn’t have to shit.
He went to school in Switzerland. Maybe that explains the Laibach concert.
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I saw this one and was like “oh shit i guess i speak german.”
Kind of fed up with this “meme”
The meme format i have no problems with, it’s the content in it, yeah we get it, Germans use Lemmy.
Thanks for the meme, much appreciated 😄
Das ist ser schön!
If it helps: “Tisch” is table in German and Feta is a greek cheese. => Feta + Tisch = Fetisch, but actually “Fetisch” has a complete different meaning on its own (eng.:“fetish”) so its a play on words. Thanks for coming to my TED-Talk.
Wehe, irgendwer plaudert, Jungs/Mädels/Diverse.
Also non-Americans trying to browse Lemmy during work…
I really wish I could understand German humour
German human is no laughing matter.
German idioms are funny. I read a book translated from German into English using ai. And Some of their idioms had me rofl.
You guys are aware you can filter by language in the settings of your Lemmy account, right?
I wasn’t! Thanks for the clue!
That’s like the most useless setting ever because nobody enforces the language while commenting
I speak spanish and I feel like I’m fouble dipping in the fun. But once I tried diving into a german thread with the help of translators. Boy they were SAVAGE some shit was like “He got another dick surgery probaly wants to suck it himself at this point.” Idk who says german have no sense of humor but man that’s wrong AF.
They have a great sense of humor. It’s just that when it’s time to be serious (at work, meeting a stranger, out in public), they act serious.
Fun facts about Germany: No fun in Germany. Get back to work!
However, German humour is very special. Me, as a German, I love it.
At first it annoyed me slightly but I’ve noticed that I can understand most of them without having to use a translator, so now it’s just free language practice. And deciphering memes is decidedly more fun than taking a course.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Ich hoffe du triffst nie auf Zangendeutsch, da weiß selbst ich nicht mehr, was dort eigentlich gesagt wird.
This is how I do it
So now you know what Zangendeutsch is
Zangendeutsch ist v.a. auf ich_iel sehr weit verbreitet, dem Hauptinkubator deutschsprachiger Memes auf Lemmy.
*Maimais auf Lassmich
Tangendeutsch heff ik ja noch nie höört aver dat geiht ja noch. Dat klingt hollt meist bloot temlich swacksinnig. Wat seggt denn eerst bi zB Plattdeutsch.
Edit: Zangendeutsch habe ich ja noch nie gehört, aber das geht ja noch. Das klingt halt meist bloß ziemlich schwachsinnig. Was sagst dann erst bei zB Plattdeutsch.
I’ve never heard Zangendeutsch before, but that’s still possible. It just usually sounds pretty stupid. What about Low German(Plattdeutsch), for example?
Ich lerne Hochdeutsch und dieser Text hat meinen Kopf kaputt gemacht.
Ich habe den Text mal etwas bearbeitet. :)
Geen probleem, het is bijna Nederlands van iemand die het schrijven niet beheerst. En Duitse leenwoorden gebruikt om taalgebrek te compenseren.
Nimm beim Reden den Fisch aus dem Mund!
Plattdütsch oder Platt, du Kiend vonna Fachvrouw für Selbstvermarktung.
Ich bin in Norddeutschland aufgewachsen Platt ist kein Problem, auch wenn ich es nicht spreche.
Ging ja um die die Deutsch lernen. Das du es als Norddeutscher verstehst verwundert mich nicht. Spreche es selbst aber auch nicht mehr, dass war mal als Kind als ich es noch aktiv gelernt hatte. Aber hatte nie jemanden zum quatschen somit verlernt. Platt war jetzt aber eh nur als Beispiel gedacht.
Ich hab von einigen Initiativen gehört, das in der Schule zu unterrichten aber auch dann vergeht das wahrscheinlich schnell wieder. Finde ich sehr schade, dass das verloren geht.
Also ich hätte es gerne weiter gesprochen bloß keinerlei Freunde die daran Interesse hatten und auch nicht in der Familie. Wäre das anders gewesen wäre ich dem wohl treu geblieben. Naja wie es so halt ist.
Platt is schon ne janz feene Sache
Yup, same, I’m enjoying learning German this way now
Und ich lerne Englisch vor allem durch eure Michmichs ^^
Haha I wake up pretty early in the US and see a lot of the German content. I have learned a lot about tables recently.
Still new here. But I haven’t come across any German instances yet….
Hi
feddit.org is the main German instance, although not all communities on here are in German.
Are you browsing all?
I use Google translate to bridge the language barrier and I’m happy to do so. Some of their memes are top class.
Habibi digga bekommst Nutriscore A von mir
I blocked all the German instances because I couldn’t understand them anyway.
Edit:
Apparently a solution to the problem offends them lmao, didn’t realize me seeing posts I can’t comprehend was so important to these goofballs.
Get good and learn a little German you silly American
I don’t have time energy or fucks to give when it comes to that sorry, it’s nothing against German I took German in highschool but I’m not trying to do that just so I can doomscroll in another language
你应该学学外语吧。
Gesundheit!
谢谢！I just learned to use “应该” from you haha. I wouldn’t mind seeing more random Chinese around here!
多好的主意 !
我本来打算学一些德语，但是，我也懂英语，我当看到你的 Username 的时候，我也在想：“这管你屁事？”
还有，我没有用翻译的软件。
(I was going to learn some German, but, I also know English, and when I saw your Username, I was thinking: “This is none of your bussiness”
Also, I did not use translation tools for this, can you say the same?)
😉
You have just made an enemy for life or until I get bored of it.
As a German, completely understandable
Nimm es nicht persönlich, dass alle Deutschen hier im Faden dich beleidigen oder einfach anfangen, Deutsch zu schreiben, obwohl du Angelsachse bist. Es ist eher eine Art Maimai, auch wenn du natürlich Deutsch lernen solltest und diese Kommentarsektion nun Eigentum der BRD ist.
Sadly I’m not allowed to speak English since it’s forbidden by the German-ich_iel-internet-law, also known as Sprich Deutsch du Hurensohn.
Richtig so.
Artikuliere auf deutsch, du Sohn einer Fachfrau für Selbstvermarktung
Ich dachte das nennt sich Geschlechtsteilvermietungsfachpersonnachkomme?
Apparently a solution to the problem offends them lmao, didn’t realize me seeing posts I can’t comprehend was so important to these goofballs.
That’s German humour
You’re missing out on the English communities on the German instances then.
Maybe but I think I’ll be ok not wading through hundreds of posts I can’t understand, I wouldn’t expect someone who doesn’t understand English to do it with American posts.
If that’s how someone else wants to spend their time more power to them, I do not have time for that unfortunately.
You can just block German communities.
An I see there has been a miscommunication. I do block communities not entire instances I’m not actually aware of a way to block the whole thing I tried to do it to the furries but I didn’t see a way so I had to do it one by one, I’m not a Lemmy pro I just use Voyager and scroll it like it’s reddit since it’s better.
Not sure where the setting is on Voyager, but there is an instance filter in the profile settings in the browser. It blocks all posts from the instance, but not the users or comments in other communities.
You could just set your language to English only.
I did the same. Will do until the apps integrate translation.
Will do until I get bored with Lemmy altogether
Your loss.
Come on, loss is so over.
Tja, keine Maimais für dich du doofmann
Google translates this as “no mail for you” is that correct? Does mail here mean any kind of communication?
I do like learning “doofmann” since where I’m from you might call someone a doof if they’re stupid.
Doof is German for dumb, so the meaning seems to transcend languages.
There is a typo. It’s supposed to mean “no memes for you.”
Was sind diese “memes”?
Ja genau.
I had a two year streak on Duolingo and I still get maybe 40% with context clues help.
A lot is inside jokes and playfully bad translations from English. Don’t know if that makes it easier or more difficult
It’s probably half an indictment of Duolingo effectiveness and half an indictment of my retention skills.
I took German in high school, and while I understand maybe 60% of the words, 90% of the (what I assume to be critical) context is lost on me
with how the german community is radically translating everything english directly into german, i too tend to need some time figuring out what the heck they mean. lemmy is translated as „let me“ but in one word, same for meme being translated as „me me“. so, oftentimes, i need to translate half the words of a sentence directly into english without taking context into consideration, then try to put them together and reread, if that makes any sense…
Welcome to Zangendeutsch, where we (mostly) take words and translate them literally. Works the other way as well btw, I often see stuff like that in those “funny german words” memes. Birth control pill = Antibabypille = Antibabypill
Tangled cables = Kabelsalat = Cablesalad
(excess weight gained due to sadness) = Kummerspeck = Griefbacon
