German for Beginners
- Isch mach dish krankenhaus.
- gets you into trouble
- Willst du Urban?
- same as above
- Einmal ohne, pommes mayo
- gets you something to eat
- Ich bin in der mood für love
- might get you laid
- Kiss me kindl
- might get you laid in neukölln
- Be aware of ordering a “Berliner”
- Everywhere else in the world you would get some pastry, but in Berlin you might at least get a beer or two. To get what you want, and to make it even more confusing, order “Pfannkuchen” (pan cakes). To get pan cakes order “Eierkuchen” (egg cakes). Allet klar?
- Alter (“ahltuh”)
- “old man” a term of endearment
- Dicke (“digga”)
- “fatty” used most often in combination with “alter”
- Na?
- “What’s up” in berliner dialect. the usual answer is “na?”
- Ja (“yes”)
- the answer to 95% of things said to you to avoid detection that you are a foreigner.
- Atze
- Someones older brother. Often used in conjunction with Peng!
- Keule
- Someones younger brother.
- Icke
- the opposite of you
- Ja wie jetze?
- …what the fuck…!!!
- musste ma kiek’n
- take a look
- schrippen
- bread rolls
- Späti
- A place where you can buy anything at anytime. Some let you take your bike inside, if you don’t own a lock!
Actually “Spätverkauf”, but the Berliners love to belittle things. See Köpi, Görli, Boxi, Stutti, Kutschi, Potse, …
To learn some berlin speak check out these wikipedia articles. (german required.)