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Funny translations found in the WWW

Von almendra Dienstag 26.03.2019, 16:24

2. Handschuhe (hand shoe) - glove
3. Büstenhalter (bust-holder) - bra
4. Durchfall (through-fall) - diarrhoea
5. Dudelsack (yodel sack) - bagpipes
6. Fernweh (distance pain) - homesickness (in reverse)?
It's less longing for a specific place, more a longing for a place which simply is not your present place.
It's kinda like saying "I really wish I could be somewhere else".
7. Fremdschämen - outer shame
Probably the best translation for this is "cringe", It's feeling uncomfortable for someone else who has walked into a bad situation.
Fans of Ricky Gervais might want to start throwing it about.
8. Weltschmerz (world pain) - existential dread
The world is a bad place a lot of the time. When we feel this keenly, well, that's the term.
9. Erklärungsnot (Explanation poverty) - Tongue-tied
The dog ate my homework, sir?
When this is the best excuse you have to go to, this is the term for your panic or predicament.
Don Draper probably knows the feeling well.

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