Saturday Morning German Lessons

Instead of talking about what I've been up to these days, the main point of this post is to teach you all some things I have been learning! This lesson will include Schwäbisch vocabulary, phrases, and some songs.

Schwäbisch words:

• Däddääle - someone unhelpful and squeamish
• Giftnudel - an angry woman (literal translation: poisonous noodle)
• Schnookehuschter - someone who is afraid of everything

Other German words:

• das Techtelmechtel - small love affair - like a fling
• das Blablabla - empty/meaningless words
• das Wischiwaschi - someone who can't decide what they want
• der Schickimicki - someone who is really trendy, to the point of they look like they are trying too hard
• der Schnickschnack - knick-knacks
• etepetete - OCD about attention to detail; pedantic
• der Krimskrams - clutter
• der Hickhack - a discussion that could turn into an argument, but isn't yet
  

Ways to say that you are drunk: (seriously, we learned this in class one day)
betrunken, blau, besoffen, breit, abgestürzt, berauscht

Idioms:

• du gehst mir auf den Keks - you get on my nerves ("you walk on my crackers")
  
• das ist kalter Kaffee - no one is interested in that anymore; it's old news ("that's cold coffee")
  
• es geht um die Wurst - to do with an important decision ("it's about the wurst")
  
• das ist mir Wurst - I don't care ("to me, it's wurst")
  
• das ist nicht dein Bier - that's none of your business ("that's not your beer")
  
• dir muss man ja alle Würmer aus der Nase ziehen - said to someone who only answers the question he's asked and doesn't provide any additional information ("one has to pull all of the worms out of your nose")
• ich geh auf dem Zahnfleisch - I'm exhausted ("I'm going on the meat of my teeth")
  
• ich hab viel um die Ohren - I have lots to do ("I have a lot around my ears")
  
• da hat er aber Schwein gehabt - he was lucky ("he had a pig")
  
• blau machen - to skip school or work ("to make blue")
  
• die Hosen anhaben - to have power in a relationship (literally "to wear the pants")
• einen Clown gefrühstückt haben - to make terrible jokes ("to have eaten a clown for breakfast")
• im gleichen Boot sitzen - to have the same problem as someone else ("to sit in the same boat")
• nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben - to be a little crazy ("doesn't have all the cups in the cupboard")
• seinen Senf dazugeben - someone who always has to say their own comment about a situation ("his mustard has to be there")

Zungenbrecher (tongue twisters! also did this in class one day):]

• Wenn viele Fliegen hinter vielen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen viele Fliegen vielen fliegen nach.
• Russische Russen rutschen rutschend russische Rutschen russisch runter.
• Zwanzig Zwerge ziegen Handstand, zehn im Wandschrank, zehn am Sandstrand.
• In Ulm, um Ulm, und um Ulm herum.
• Zwischen zwei Zwetschgenzwiegen sitzen zwei zechenschwarze tschechisch zwitschernde Zwergschwalben.
• Im dichten Fichtendickicht sind dicke Fichten wichtig.
• Schnecken erschrecken, wenn Schnecken an Schnecken schlecken, weil zum Schrecken vieler Schnecken, Schnecken nicht Schmecken.

And finally, some songs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=xr1y7J_x-Oc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93bjNi8qIf0