Dirty German: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $10.00
Manufacturer: Ulysses Press
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Description
GET D!RTY
Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in German with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:
- Cool slang
- Funny insults
- Explicit sex terms
- Raw swear words
Dirty German teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Germany: ♦ What's up? Wie geht's?
♦ I'm smashed. Ich bin total angeschickert.
♦ Fuckin' Munich fans. Scheiß München Fans.
♦ That shit reeks. Das riecht aber übel.
♦ I wanna shag ass. Ich will abhauen.
♦ What a complete asshole. Was für ein Arschloch.
♦ Dude, you're built like Arnold! Mensch, du bist der Arnie!
About the Author
Daniel Chaffey has lived in Germany for much of the last 12 years as a student, Fulbright Teaching Associate, translator and bartender, where he perfected his high German skills and learned to converse like a German sailor.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-02
Summary: "Used it in class daily"
I just graduated from high school and was enrolled in both german 2 and 3, and used this book on a daily basis. It helped a lot with communicating with my friends that are from germany. A lot of it is cheesy, but germans get a kick out of it so it's all good
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-08-01
Summary: "Read Once and Toss"
The author note claims he worked in a bar and that certainly shows considering the expressions used in this book. No one with a level of maturity over ten would go to another country and use these expressions. Many of the statements he says about Germans are stereotypes, insulting, and downright rude. No one expects every learner of German to wax poetic quoting Goethe, but this book is so low-class, crass and pedestrian, the user would be hard pressed to impress anyone but some street punk. It is worth a few laughs (just read the sample pages on line) by those who are fluent and have been to Germany, but it is hardly worth buying.
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-06-08
Summary: "Disappointing, useless and inaccurate."
I have lived in Germany for 10 years and speak German fluently. This book is full of obsolete terms and badly translated expressions. Profanity and slang are very culturally specific and difficult to translate in any language. English profanity is centered around feces, procreation, and genitalia whereas German is less so. The authors seem to be unfamiliar with German idioms and are trying to make a quick buck translating English street talk literally. My German friends had not heard many of these expressions before. This book might be fine as a joke gift, but don't use
it to try and fit in or sound hip in Germany. I would like to have had a German urban dictionary that catalogs and defines current slang.
Ey Alder, isch habe schon 10 Jahre Deutschland auf den Buckel, boh glaubst Du! Diese Buch ist voll krass der Brueller und als ich in Berlin damit die Ischen klar machen wollte, war isch der Burner des Abends. Willste gangstamaessig cool rueberkommen in Germany, dann hol Dir den Schinken.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-30
Summary: "Best book for 'street' German"
Like the other reviewers, I really appreciate the variety of subjects this book covers and the author keeps the writing on a pretty light note. I also read through Talk Dirty German, a similar slang book, but that was not nearly as well written and more just a collection of dirty phrases than useful slang you could use with your friends.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-23
Summary: "funny book"
This is a funny book. I think the author does a fine job reviewing the German language to prepare for the book. It is not a beginner's German book, but funny for the intermediate to advanced.